falling debris

1.

when god bore witness
to things beyond
his power
he felt very old

no longer children -
shriveled men hunched
with replaced hips
shuffle along

open graves
no markers

not that he gave up
there was simply nothing
left to do

we're on our own now
this crumbling world
is ours

2.

I'm light as a feather
and swift as a breeze

catch me

please

3.

memory is a chain reaction
relive the same event
the same way each time

cause and effect
are reversed

and everything is sudden

-ly

possible

but immutable

4.

I have seen what happens
next. Her wings tear
and light seeps through
vaporous sepia seams.
The rivulets of blood
cream-colored like pearls
cascade off her silver tongue.
She's beautiful too much
to touch. We ache
for her. We wake

for her
by sleeping.

She falls in slow motion
and tiny pieces of salt
drip off her eyelashes.

The freshest ocean air
blows in. We exhale
instead of breathing in.

And finally we coat our lungs
and fall asleep. I awake
with a child's fingers
in my eyes.

Pull me out. Walk
me away.

I am blind and perfect
diamonds scrape the sky
destroying everything.

The ravishing sight
lifts my head
and a world too big
to take in

consumes me.

Forever this moment is.