copper hornet
My stomach sits in my eyes,
I swallow you thin.
I blink at you,
you shrink,
you sink within.
Each glance takes pieces,
each blink pulls you in.
Your edges erode slowly,
your outline caves in.
Your color runs quiet,
it stains me within.
I drink what you are,
I distill you to skin.
Each flick of the dark,
deepens theft from within.
your voice folds to silence,
then curls under skin.
you fade from the world,
you bloom deep within.
I hollow your shape and
I house what has been.
Each blink is a door,
I close you within.
I keep what i take,
I remake you within.
open oriole
royal hollow
gritty lava
main basalt