the waning sunlight
strikes a ray of brilliance
once more
blanketing the air
in thick strokes
of burnt oranges
and yellows so rich
they speak of gold

the sky dances and dazzles
and sparkling blues
underlay the patchwork
of oncoming dusk
caught in a twilight,
in an inexplicable in-between
of settling day
and waking night

a sliver of transformation
a destined evolution of time
I race and embrace
I ache for it to stay
yet in vain I hail
in its temperance
it shall remake

my mind small,
my hands small,
my words reach
not so far
I exist only with
a heart

keep it low,
keep it low,
the signatures of malice
the tears and tears
negligence consumes
and hatred blinds
how to prevail pass
its parasitic teeth

why is it that around you
I feel like a blur
like a constellation of sights,
sound and feeling
sensations plummet and ascend
playing with my hair
heart beating fast
that my tongue is loose
and awareness detached,
from my closest self
who is this person,
this youthful fool
a head of dreams and
hands of whispers,
eyes lingering where
beauty lies silenced,
she's still in her weight
yet flying by the edge of her throne
which  she constructed herself
out of sand and corals
the particles of time and patience
chafing against the relentless
hammer of her
pulse