rise

star spinning star sing a song to me this night my feet are cool my heart warm-ing my skin to clay sing me a song whole note up the night until it breaks and we find ourselves covered in its shards we can pack them up piece together ourselves again file it under how we learned to fly this time i’ll strap the sky-wings to your back first canyon rim soar and i will see eternity shining off your blackened back then icarus-dives into dust broken, each and laughing we will expire those breaths dry cough out the day seep into the cracks at the first light and hide in the bellies of worms and we will laugh star we will laugh
by Steven Skoczen
Written on Nov. 16, 2013. 45 reads.