"Thoughts of Swimming" by Elexer Lyra

Thoughts of Swimming

By Elexer Lyra

Can you hold me close,

Like a jellyfish?

But not with

As much sting?

We are together,

But not everything.

You are my closest friend,

Who whispers thoughts of triumph-

Or false information.

  Can you be the parent 

Within my mind?

One, which says I can swim

and not drown?

"Suffocating Beauty" by Elexer

Suffocating Beauty

By Elexer

Glistening perfume-filled blankets

Of silk,

Glide amongst the cosmos-

Imitating the starlight

They wish they were.

Lips kiss the face of the moon,

Hoping for an atom of light

To be absorbed

Within themselves.

The moon breathes.

Intoxicating and violent, velvet fills

It's mouth of mountains.

The stars,

The only specks of light,

To guild oneself,

In the darkness.

Soft petals

Turn to suffocation.

Cries of the Stars by Elissa Rosenthal

 Cries of the Stars

By Elissa Rosenthal 

Delicate vibrations within sound-waves
carry me throughout the stars.
I touch their whispering,
golden, and lingering
wishes for their sisters 
and brothers,
as they grasp within the ether. 
Their firing furnace hearts beat for knowing whether 
they're family will ever
be together,
once more, in the spaces
of times
and trials.  
Miles
and thousands of years 
apart,
they are greeted with only the sound of their heart.