set your teeth on the rising dawn

the arrow is shot.
it pierces through the air as
it hits the mark,
dead centre

but barely scratches the surface of my heart.

the sun is rising from the edge
the world is drowning in a spilling hot fire
my heart is falling i’m rising
i’m bleeding voilet you are drenched in sunlight
voilet is tearing at the seams the sun is rising
my heart is falling i’m rising
and everything is white  

oh darling, i can’t see anything

your hands can hold the world
     can they hold my heart?

The song howls. And I dance.

I reach my hand forward
but —

it falls short

and, there’s only
darkness and silence left in this gaping distance

between us

darkness–
moonlight breathes down like ashes