Miracles

vagabondprophet:

On our wedding day

I’d never felt taller

Maybe I just needed

A rooftop to scream off of.

Towering over everybody

Taking you by the hand,

We left as quick as possible

Tires kicking up dirt.

You still wear that dress today

And I think that’s wonderful,

I’d say you were never prettier

But I’d be lying.

You’re most beautiful

When you scowl at the sun,

For interrupting sleep

And cutting dreams short.

I’m just glad

That when the sun does rise

That you’re there at all

I really don’t get it.

You chose this

You chose me,

My body underwhelming

At the very best.

My mind plagued

With beasts and thistles,

And my soul

Struggling to float.

I’m like the arms

In a three legged race

Flailing

Most unhelpful.

But I said

I do

And

So did you.

Miracles really do happen.

– Vagabond Prophet

Mulled Wine


How have your teeth

Not yet dissolved

Like sugar cubes

In sweet mulled wine?

How have your legs

Not yet gone brittle

From upholding

So fearsome a beauty?

How has your mind

Not yet shattered

From containing

Such brilliance?

How have your fingers

Not yet liquefied

From writing stories

Like a flash flood?

– Vagabond Prophet

Peanut Butter

I was like a peanut

Stubbornly intact

When you started to cut me.

Then torn asunder

In an instant

Split wide open

Laid bare just for you.

Now you can do what you like

Making butter or milk

To have with your bread

I’ll be smoother than silk.

– Vagabond Prophet

Oil Paintings

You taught me about oil paintings

How they’re always drying

Colours evolving

To find their own beauty

Hidden deep within.

I’ll be that for you

Never perfect but improving

Peeling off my layers

To find strength down under.

As I let the sun embolden me

Year after year.

– Vagabond Prophet