Vapour

over the sea
a mutineer in torpor
over the sea
whose bulging gaze is endless
over the sea
with milk from our loose teeth
over the sea
with bruised skin and storm breath
i took you up
to the peak where you could see
back to the sea
to where your bones were born there
escape inland
where i sweated you out
sweetly dissolve
like vapours into a sea
vapours in a sea
hard loved and loved hard
we’ll be a curse for a ruined state