@phaileaf 💌 phaileaf to me, is remembrance / longing / two children with grass-stained knees who did not yet know they were already ruined for anyone else / slow as amber forming / ginkgo leaves turning gold / his calm, your tempest--how you meet in the middle as shoreline and sea / a head in a lap, fingers carding through hair / destruction's hands learning healing / forget-me-nots pressed between pages of books you read aloud to each other / lips to knuckles, a genuflection / overripe fruit / lost and found and lost and found again, always the finding / slow afternoons / gentle ruins rebuilt into gardens / consecrated / tender / home








