Backbone. Reach for the front.
Divide the periphery
            not
    my        middle.
You bend my balance.

Backbone. Reach for the ground.
Hold on tight
           grow
     roots   strong.
You keep my frame.

Backbone. Reach for my soul.
Spread vertebra by vertebra
              white
      wooden   wings.
You break me.

Backbone.
Spliced in two
un   even
wish
bone.
Rigor of flight
snapped.