Please,
don't let, the starlight,
burn out...their tomorrows.
Don't cast a dou(b)ter
upon navied fires...
cornflower blues,
going up, in trails, of hot smoke,
as they roll, upward,
uselessly.
...For what if I never saw,
another rainbow?
Though they might
tease my nostrils, as they flare,
in anticipation
I can't smell a rainbow's coloring...
golden cardamom,
orange curry powder
or taste its hues, upon my dancing tongue
in a tangy sumac,
or a fresh, green dill.
I can't hear its brilliance,
piercing a hazy, overcast sky...
a crackling light,
too bright to be subdued,
by its silvery cloak.
It splits the sky,
in a luminous sickle.
I can't
hold up a hand,
and feel it arc,
into my palm
a warm, purry kitten,
pushing its coarse fur,
against my ashen skin.
...So, what if I never saw,
another rainbow?
Never sensed them, again
and they became, as fables
in my mind's eye;
akin to snorting unicorns,
or fire-blowing dragons?
I spent my whole life, whimsically
chasing auroras, and perseids
devouring the world,
with my eyes first,
and my heart, afterwards...
and I've still seen
such precious little, of it.
Could I lick the vibrance,
from my beloved's cheek, blindly
and be satisfied,
as he lay stretched,
in the dark, beneath me?
Could I savor the aroma,
as I scent it, on the wind
like a sweet cologne?
...For what if I never saw,
another rainbow?
...Please...
don't let the starlight,
burn out,
their tomorrows,
from my eyes.
I'm not particularly prepared to talk about what this means, or what this means, to me, so I welcome you to make your own interpretation, of it. What are your thoughts?
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