Brattle Street Review

By Desirae Mercedes Chacon

Come, here neath this flesh
That covers bones and susceptible to ailments
Receiver of the sword & the blanket of our souls
Liquid Gold belonging to the depths of our corda
The animus to our spiritus
The rush of a Lover’s River
The payment of battlefields
Emergence of Nations
Elixer of Vita
Which waters the ground with sacrificial moments
Blush upon a virgin’s countenance
The colour of the crimson skies
Come here and bring warmth to these chilled bones
Frosted in winter
Laid down for eternity
Sealed in ivory encasement
As I reach for the calidum agilla
Cauterized by blazen snowflowers
Liquid of Calda
Bringing me heat
As your demeanor
As I walk upon Nix
As I walk in fields
As I inhale
Exhale and Breathe
The Breath of Life
Vapor Calidus
Syncretic clouds from Lungs with Caelum
Painting the Caeruleum and Album of the Vault of Heaven
Rain down upon me within the Chambers of my Heart
Awash me in your fine innocence
Silken in Purity
Abundant in Love