Gelid

Sequela

Hearts melted as candles

Congeal into isolated connections

Pressed upon the lips of urgent ice

And both of these shall ever be

Till the gods to destruction go

I want to ride the sky,
make believe
the stars are closing in on me,
and in so doing
become as them.

The glow from me,
a night light to some
off-world pier,
where children read
their storybooks untroubled.

An overhead visitor
to their lovely soul's dying wish,
the centrifugal force
keeping amusement park days
aligned with one another.

A tunnel at the end of the light,
cave of sweet
innocent dreams,
from which streams
of merry laughter emerge.

never saw the end
just kept barreling to it
those memories blurred
savor moments  my advice
as relish for later life

My name in comparison
Sounds very sad,
With the way you speak of them,
Holding pedestals.

And I’ve never been
The best one in class,
But I bleed the lines
That write your love,

And my body won’t ever
Look like theirs,
But I use it to embrace
Your lonely soul,

And my silent mouth
Never speaks a word,
But my sunken eyes
Tell you all the lore,

I came out the womb,
And I clutched your hair,
But I never felt
The love you professed,

But I carry on,
Your story on my back,
When I love you, mom,
I never think twice.

Like the pristine water
flowing on a river,
you are now a
nameless droplet
fallen onto rocks;

one of so many
someones from
the past.