skintellation firmament
"skintellation firmament"You tilt your face toward
the dim hallway light,
and a scatter of freckles
gathers its quiet pattern,
as if dusk had paused here,
choosing your skin
for its small lanterns.
I follow them the way
travellers follow sky‑marks:
not for direction,
but for the calm that comes
from recognising a shape
that keeps returning.
Some sit close, like
companions in soft conversation;
others keep their distance,
content to glimmer alone,
each one a tiny proof
that brightness can settle anywhere.
And when you shift — only slightly —
their arrangement changes,
a slow drift across a private firmament,
a kind of line that usually closes a scene,
but instead there’s the faintest movement at your jaw.
.
Poetry by arquious
Written on 2025-12-21 at 20:30
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