when heartbreak

puts your back out pulls 

an endless supply of ocean from your eyes

and hot water makes you howl and moan

makes you take inventory counting bills
in every hidden envelope

means you lie flat on hot then cold turned carefully 
so some of that shit’s gonna be ok sunshine

soaks the soles of your feet

when ghost cats purr in your lap

when time drowns in shock

and love is root stock, terpenes and salt

heartbreak rolls stone

exposes grief curling up shocked at the sudden light

decocts tannins and flowers with thorns

boundaryless body pain that stops you

means nothing at all

but steep and wait

stroke ghosts

don't drown