Year of the Dragon

to be undecadent, irrelevant,

unmasked and unadorned,

thin horned,

to be erroneous, alias, vaporous, not clouded

billowing like a gust not a breeze

whispering through cement fairy trees
idolizing ghosts of consequence,

to be earthly and inconstant,

marred, and of the sea,

to punch like a wildflower, peonies bursting at the seems

in grandiose firecracker exits,

stage left,

to come back again,

to walk backwards,

and also forwards,

to be captured by your own imminence,

to be loud and unhindered in your solitude,

to slash and burn the forests of your darkness

until it crashes brightly in that heavenly hue

of something new.

may the invitation remain unspoken

may the expectation dissolve like sugar

in the our glass

may you more

or may you less

may you be loved.