dazzle

when a kiss leaves you dazzled for days
on end, your skin sometimes turns to rust.
you end up haggling with the wind for ways
to clear the dust
gathering behind your eyelids. you forget to say
the metal on your tongue away, so you
talk through your teeth. his smile sways
you, and reduces
yours to script that scribbles itself out inside
of your empty chest. it matters little, though; you never really
knew you weren't full enough for words until you met the crystallized sunshine
of his eyes' gleam.