I lift the weight of the dark sky
with my very eyes.
today, it is a stretch of wild ocean waves
on the cusp of breaking loose,
unleashing themselves
to kiss my cruel blue devils
carefully, I keep the torrents at bay,
keep the surge and flood at bay
so as to not fall into catastrophe.
one breath after the other;
each stuttering clench of teeth;
each quaking stir of the eyelids.
all for ceasing a calamity
but the water always knows
its way to disasters.
and storms always know
their way into my heart.
they dance their wrath into fatalities,
and leave souls drowning in the dark
so I stare blankly at the sky,
lifting its massive weight with my eyes.
and in the distance, honey,
I imagine you waiting in the gloaming,
robed in rainbows and fetching lights:
a lovely spectacle to behold.
and somehow, your colors subdue
this gravity that pounds me hard
you are all the shades of clarity
you are all the straits to sanity
you are my utter calm,
my sweet serendipity
and honey, forgive me
for always making you my escape
Mar 10, 2023
Mar 10, 2023 at 11:59 AM UTC
I lift the weight of the dark sky
with my very eyes.
today, it is a stretch of wild ocean waves
on the cusp of breaking loose,
unleashing themselves
to kiss my cruel blue devils
carefully, I keep the torrents at bay,
keep the surge and flood at bay
so as to not fall into catastrophe.
one breath after the other;
each stuttering clench of teeth;
each quaking stir of the eyelids.
all for ceasing a calamity
but the water always knows
its way to disasters.
and storms always know
their way into my heart.
they dance their wrath into fatalities,
and leave souls drowning in the dark
so I stare blankly at the sky,
lifting its massive weight with my eyes.
and in the distance, honey,
I imagine you waiting in the gloaming,
robed in rainbows and fetching lights:
a lovely spectacle to behold.
and somehow, your colors subdue
this gravity that pounds me hard
you are all the shades of clarity
you are all the straits to sanity
you are my utter calm,
my sweet serendipity
and honey, forgive me
for always making you my escape
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