hymnal

it’s sweet     i think      it’s heaven  
                                  is it  
where you lay      is wreathed in bells  
and bells      and bells      all swing  
over our ears,     sing sweet as flakes  
                      sink in the drift  
is it  
         clinging to our knees  
                                  is it  
         leaking on the tiles  
is it  
        striketones on the chest  
                                  is it  
        pitched so you can hear?  
is it  
         a carillon of bruises  
                                  is it  
        blooming blue and pink?  
is it  
        cotton candy in your eyes  
                                   it’s  
              sweet i think  
we lull  
                             enraptured  
tandem hearts           and halos thrum  
a tune that trembles      on your lips:  
is it       what you wanted       is it  
heaven underfoot     it’s sweet i think  
                                  is it