transformed
by
every cloud that skates
past
at an altitude
we
have so diligently pursued
the
way collapsing stars
tunnel
through the sand
something you never imagined
although you were
expecting it
This
place you now inhabit
hit with shattered chrome
& darkened mirrors that
deny
your reflection as you might gaze out through
windows
painted black
it
is the flawed pearl you’ve learned to treasure
&
just as the tides answer to a mythology
older
than the gravity that sleeps in every stone
cobbled
along the shore
we
share a residual devotion to every song of redemption
that
has yet to be sung
