Woodland Sermon (for Ryan)

the christian enby

    whose lips ribbon 

into a bow

   teaches me forgiveness:

says imagine 

            a door left open, the light of 

christ fed through 

            thin veins of plant 

matter,

a foraging in the arms 

                                of deciduous woods.

We must realize 

our perceptions of others 

                are purely imagined,

they shove a slinky 

deep in my pants pocket.

This is your love

overflowing,

                You must know it will do

                what it's made for.