subtext

reins tighten the bit hard

in the mouth to give direction

to the words before they can

form to a cloud of meaning

within their own ambiguities

where one’s thoughts translate

through a permeable membrane

a separation from one to one

but no separation as definition

as can be discerned along a line

of clarity for a length of time

to open a space where one forms

enough solidity to call us home

through the slow descent of dusk