Padma Rubiales

 

I Kiss Your Eyes

 

I kiss your eyes
like the angels in your basement
feathered and breathing
in jars of color.

 

I know your passion for blood red.
I know your face from parties,
where you call me and old soul
and my face is erased by hair
while I adorn your bedroom wall
naked.

 

This sad angel watches me,
and I find myself searching,
her face for yours.