Woven strands
Trails through sand
wind and rain
waves of grain
moonlight wanes
sing the refrain…

we sing (amidst the clamor of
memories faded/dreams evaporated/
hopes dashed/wishes silenced)
now susurrations
dessicated leaves whispers against
the anonymous asphalt
unyielding blacktop
Eden unravelled
the final suture, the ended knot

Mountaintop looms
This is my shadow,
my shadow she watches
my shadow she waits
Rhythm borne, saving rhyme
Fate skitters, scatters
hiding in the walls
waiting/sentry/guarding/warding
My blade, my needle,
this fragile thread
the binding, the fiery grip
metal/sterile/steel/cold iron
like the heart of a dying star
cold iron
like the sword and the shield
the lighting and the

midnight
this oracle
the autumn leaves
fall and fade
flee and fail
spin
this blight
this twisted rage
embers
crystallized tears
catching starlight
catching raindrops and snowflakes
wreak havoc on my soul
uncovering, awakening
fault lines straining
writhing twisting thrusting
blood stained
falling from my hands
my heart
this burning sigil
spirit, wounds, runes
grains of sand falling, falling
days, then weeks
months, then years
epochs, then eons
Starlight uncaught
flying gaster, farther
you will always be starlight
burning shadows in my mind