I was Going to Say

I was going to say your hand warm against my wrist warm like pavement after the summer rain rain gathering in the mouth of a bird the bird opens air and the whole sky I was going to say blue blue under the tongue blue in the throat blue becoming water water becoming air I was going to say I was going to fall fall into the sound of your breathing breathing like leaves leaves like little hands little hands opening opening There was a red thing moving beneath the skin moving beneath the floor moving beneath the river moving I was going to say your shoulder a hill a hill becomes a horizon a horizon becomes blue blue becomes bird bird becomes wing wing becomes air air I was going to say salt salt becomes rain rain becomes skin skin becomes paper paper takes the shape of a word word begins I was going to say I was going to say I was going to turn turning into water water turning into light light turning into heat heat turning Your breath through my hair my hair like grass grass bending through the air air beneath the wing wing above the rain rain I was going to say something small something with wings something under the tongue something growing teeth something becoming blue something becoming bird something becoming wing I was going to say I was going to say I was going to say sa s Blue bird wing air rain skin mouth heat word Blue bird bird wing wing air air rain rain skin skin mouth mouth heat heat word Blue in the rain bird under skin wing at the mouth air carrying heat rain becoming blue skin becoming word mouth heat word Word heat mouth skin rain air wing bird blue I was going to say you I was going to say