on those nature shows
on tv
they sometimes
close up
on surfaces icing over
crystals forming
growing until they cover
all

I sometimes
come across an image
like that
think about a drop of
ink
red or blue
just to tint the mesmerising
crystallising
the same shade
as the bruises
you breathed onto me

cause that’s what they
feel like to me
you
just pressed some
beauty laced with
kindest sharpness
into the membranes
into my skin

they grow
spread
cover
all over

and with each exhaled
revelation
I feel more
fit into
what I am meant to be.

KH