I am ending.
Losing grip on threadlike strands
of vibrant stardust and captured moonlight
Ghosts of shattered glass looking
for solidarity and solitude
Brittle shells crafted from shadows
And silence, screaming silence
resounding in the chambers behind hollow eyes
and colorless irises
over glittering diamond shards.

I am blinded.
meteors expanding in my pupils
Supernovas inside my head
night sky painted on the dome of my skull
Dawn hidden beneath the eyelids
Fluttering open like window shutters
Heaven's eye on your forehead
Crimson claws raking through damp tresses
of dusk and midnight
And daybreak in the cavern of the mouth.

I am close.
Holding onto the descent of heaven's glare
Dust beneath my fingernails
and laughter just beyond my reach
Illumination in my grasp, slipping through
Like liquid sunlight strained
Howling echoes of dread and death
trapped in my ears
Like the choir of the ******
Singing a melody, a prophecy.

I am ending.