lotus in the rain.

you imagine a jewel rippled across the sky,

you imagine my name painted in dark acrylic oil,

you imagine love blind, gentle, and sweet/

you dream in colors,

you dream in jade.

i picture tall buildings and sky rises.

i picture silhouettes, women of gangs,

i picture long legs and tv screens blistered by the night blue,

i imagine your memory tattoos,

i imagine our hands colliding.

i see future in the blasphemy,

pink silver moon.

we lay colorless by the waves,

impressions of a soft violet light,

like mother of pearl on sand,

against the crystal glow of oceans,

far away on distant ships,

across one dimensional galaxies

maps,

we gather,

across a crown of thorns,

in the eden bushel,

playing with the victory,

playing with the fire.