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What is this new-found lust for madness Marching hand in hand with my blood? Does Moon know it is shrouded In the sky’s black love When it is? Last night, I tossed a rope up towards Jupiter Tossed and tossed Till the hook, like a talon, Took hold of the peachy pearl I climbed then Clumsily up the sky— Up and up I went And watched the dusty city, Its flickering lights, and glorious glamour All beneath me Oblivious in its slumber I ruled it all The yonder, the earth, and beyond Then the gusts came and kissed me a storm *Have you forgotten your place Little human?* And the rope wavered Harshly so, as a dead man tied to a bough I feared that Jupiter Would flutter out of my grip And send me plummeting To the pitiless land Where I am from— But climbed on I did Through all the havoc Such was my desperation to soar And the moon tusked When I dared try kissing its light A laugh so pure I forgot the numb of my hands Keeping me there Where only the clouds are known to roam Forgot the small, small World below And slipped I then Out of the short-lived ecstasy I was a child lost in a lake My limbs moved and moved, immobile Down and down did I fly As winds above me rushed Darkness was the blood of a lamb Unwashed And clotted I whirled around myself Till I did no more What is this new-found lust for madness Marching hand in hand with my blood? I fear I will drag myself to my altar And spill whole all That is known of me Till I am one in the silent night Kissing my sick Moon to sleep— Swaying to the faint sounds Of the orchestra of winds A dead dove tied to Jupiter Far, far in the black What is this new-found lust for madness Marching hand in hand with my blood Begging for war—
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Jul 19, 2021
Jul 19, 2021 at 2:40 PM UTC
The sky's black love
What is this new-found lust for madness Marching hand in hand with my blood? Does Moon know it is shrouded In the sky’s black love When it is? Last night, I tossed a rope up towards Jupiter Tossed and tossed Till the hook, like a talon, Took hold of the peachy pearl I climbed then Clumsily up the sky— Up and up I went And watched the dusty city, Its flickering lights, and glorious glamour All beneath me Oblivious in its slumber I ruled it all The yonder, the earth, and beyond Then the gusts came and kissed me a storm *Have you forgotten your place Little human?* And the rope wavered Harshly so, as a dead man tied to a bough I feared that Jupiter Would flutter out of my grip And send me plummeting To the pitiless land Where I am from— But climbed on I did Through all the havoc Such was my desperation to soar And the moon tusked When I dared try kissing its light A laugh so pure I forgot the numb of my hands Keeping me there Where only the clouds are known to roam Forgot the small, small World below And slipped I then Out of the short-lived ecstasy I was a child lost in a lake My limbs moved and moved, immobile Down and down did I fly As winds above me rushed Darkness was the blood of a lamb Unwashed And clotted I whirled around myself Till I did no more What is this new-found lust for madness Marching hand in hand with my blood? I fear I will drag myself to my altar And spill whole all That is known of me Till I am one in the silent night Kissing my sick Moon to sleep— Swaying to the faint sounds Of the orchestra of winds A dead dove tied to Jupiter Far, far in the black What is this new-found lust for madness Marching hand in hand with my blood Begging for war—
19/07/2021
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Ayesha
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Ayesha
21/F/Pakistan
Jul 19, 2021
Jul 19, 2021 at 2:40 PM UTC
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