Hard *****
beneath broken halo
Alabaster skin torn
And *****

Cigarette stained fingers 
Clasp ancient 
Star maps
All knowledge soulless 
And without time 
Floods

Feathers frayed 
On wings
Limp, wilted
Surrounds broken shell
Gritty and covered with
Filth

Scorned gifts
Miracles returned to 
Science
Nothing more
To be done
Labored breathes
Slow in disbelief

Sitting curbside, 
Bare feet in the puddled
Street
Enshrouded, frail
Awaiting
The bus back home