Blue Glass Day Fade To Night

This world is

upside down

twist and turn

below

buffalo heart

bright side of

life shining slow

climb the path

watch soft ways

endure the pain

until waves breaks

sand and shore

understand the

change is slow

rearrange

hold fast

forget age

grace lasts

youth a breath

still worth the

will to take

wrinkle brow

as candlelight melts

upon metal and wind

burn your blood

to iron dust before

you give in to surrender

eyes fix forward into

waves of ideas as they

reflect the truth

behind small mirrors

of sand and shore

echo the siren call of

all that's been forgotten

love and glory

upon every edge

death and desire

fall heavy like trees

to scatter leaves

hanging concepts

on cliffs

to grasp and

then forget

This world is upside down

a wildfire in the mist

a dream within a dream

I float now to

watch you from below

red leaves tilt with

blood and sand

to reach the ground

from which I stand

You sing softly past wheat

buried in snow and grain

hands numb frozen

chill of pain and death

but child it's only

brief in moments

mistakes

are painted

on canvas

in water

not oil

to wash away

with silver brush

and turpentine

feather bristle pulls

upon your pale

and fragile skin

you must still

lace the day with hope

made from white doves

and silver strings of clay

I can taste your truth

in pigments of earth

upon my tongue

blood pure

with grit and bone

form of blackbird

within your breast

a life built from

brick dust and

old ideas

paper cuts

drip deep

red puddles

on white page

as you whisper

"please, take me home"

I am a hidden chapter now

invisible to the touch

ripened then ripped

from Dead Sea Scrolls

I could sing soon but

your ears would be deaf

to the fraction

of my hum

wear my memory

around your wrist

built of blue glass

and stone

I am and will always be

lost between the trees

waiting for the son of heaven

to return his breath to me

We will meet bellow the willow tree

I will be wearing white stars to touch

Your perfect face as I wipe the last

blue tear from your eye

Together we will enter the void of nothing

To swim up and out to the edge of planets

They sparkle and burst with every hue

We will know each other there

fearless throughout the oceans of space

And time will bend to our sorrow