long playing

finer than a strand of white silken thread

tenderly stitched

like a handmade quilt of the most exquisite kind

is the skin

velvety

infinite pores electrified, breathing.

palpable

subdued tones

permeate

colliding artifacts

internal belly flops

tangled and turned

scents like the colour red

ochre

blends with

 so-very-far-ago

memory of haunted winters

barren spidery trees

slow motion

now

upside

down

freefall

dusk

dawn

seek

hide

fingers play

hear what eyes

say

textural melding

wandering limbs

gently wild