the mirrors
inside me
have teeth
and bite
Tag: reflection
silver sheets
rain falls
from my eyes
scattering diamonds
The storm I wore inside
flared urgent caution
knocked against the window
stretched the powerlines
beckoned me to listen
to the sounds
of approach
filament and wings torn
over time
fuzz shed from my body
weathered textures
spirit cloaked
Spent flowers
rest my body.
head wilts back into soft grass,
my hand stills.
I breathe.
The earth carries me
as my wings lift.
Home, forward in my chest
where she sat on stone
ankles crossed
whispered smile
grandmother
knowing something
without saying it
Grief gathered me to my heart.
Reminded me clocks die.
Love keeps longer than we do.
In that wake of earth,
heaped soil
crowned by flowers, pure blood-red.
My heart breathed,
quaking open.
You and me
spilled out
my eyes,
mouth,
and womb.
My knees were meant to hit earth.
Mercy rose in my tears.
Grace,
the spine of gratitude.
Dark all around me,
worm moon spilling open.
A blink of red.
I bent.
Ring around the iris.
Leaning into night.
Eyes meeting eye.