Layers

breathing in
scents
of fallen
rose petal
secrets

Unwrapping
tied up
boxes
of lost
memories

Waiting
while tear drops
melt
the masks in the mirror

Knowing
as these layers
of delusions and illusions
melt away

my truth
is being
revealed

Tio Stib,
1995, 2018, 2025

You

You
can never be possessed
only devoured
Delicately
Consumed with abandon
Caressed
Yet never touched

to love you
I must surrender
all desire to own
and release any hope
of forever

then
perhaps
from this gloried chaos
comes oneness

tio stib, 2015