THE WEAVE:
Saturn makes Lilith
a chessboard. She writes him
a letter in return…
When the chessboard arrived
in the post, I smiled wide.
It is so completely you,
this medley of paint and glass,
wood and microchip.
A motherboard, and a language
of Love. I admired every warp
in the melted figures, positioned
for a game of wits. I never learned
chess, but I know we've been
playing, for a long Time.
I like how the board holds
us, as we arrange our Hearts,
and weigh our moves, with
a growing understanding
of the pattern that shifts
between us, searching
for a draw.
-Lilitu
P.S. Fine, teach me,
asshole.