It bleeds its life, each closing sight, the sharpened ridge, the stabs - melt in flesh. It fears its mind, the nomadic lifestyle; one line is not enough, no more than a second's sleep. Every curve, every edge, each tense scribble, the acidic freckles taint the reading. With sacred nature, it prints the will; I breathe goodbye, and stain the cloth.
The curve draws down
and hides behind
the marching army
of bark, throwing
quivers of leaves
along the drowning
cries that seep
in the pained path.
The sky never smiles
as it overlooks the rooted
children blooming in
frenzies of spontaneous
laughter blinding your eyes
that struggle to look away.
They dance in broken solids
and parade in harmonic
steps descending the banks
in blossomed puddles.
The rain never passes through
the mirrors, yet storm in
triumphs that flood the
quartering mouths.
Your grasp only speaks
true once before the
valley leaves and
your focus wonders
where you are -
where you will be.
Steady in the drifting tides,
within the race they sit
looking down in hunger face
With eyes that pierce the day.
Silence is but the sound,
that trickles in the streaming rays.
Out sheds it's feathers--to a peak
of serene bitter tangent.
Today they sit, and float upon
the deep blue painted canvas
With ripples of the maiden's brush
and strokes that cast a sigh.
There they rest for drifting moments
A simple pass in time,
There they leave their puzzled minds,
For all to tamper with.
At last they are a small balloon,
with a white plated chest.
A grey cape they cover in,
soaked in the ocean rain.
At last they wield their spoken fate,
and cas
It bleeds its life, each closing sight, the sharpened ridge, the stabs - melt in flesh. It fears its mind, the nomadic lifestyle; one line is not enough, no more than a second's sleep. Every curve, every edge, each tense scribble, the acidic freckles taint the reading. With sacred nature, it prints the will; I breathe goodbye, and stain the cloth.
The curve draws down
and hides behind
the marching army
of bark, throwing
quivers of leaves
along the drowning
cries that seep
in the pained path.
The sky never smiles
as it overlooks the rooted
children blooming in
frenzies of spontaneous
laughter blinding your eyes
that struggle to look away.
They dance in broken solids
and parade in harmonic
steps descending the banks
in blossomed puddles.
The rain never passes through
the mirrors, yet storm in
triumphs that flood the
quartering mouths.
Your grasp only speaks
true once before the
valley leaves and
your focus wonders
where you are -
where you will be.