August 13, 2019
Why leap ye, ye high hills?
For joy or escape?
When the sun blazed anew, I think I caught it on tape
In a song sung so deeply
We cannot discover,
The mountains, like waves, leave this plain for another
For they bear the burdens
We humans cannot
The floods and the fires that would make our limbs rot
And for years, they're the airbag
Against a universe
Whose heavenly sirens' song would crash against us a curse
So they raise their heads proudly
When young and enthused
And wear down like hopes that are constantly used
And one day when their shells
Cannot inspire art
The Conductor calls "All aboard," and they prepare to depart
Oh! Let me climb onto your back so I see
The universe and what's waiting out there for me
Let me wring out the stars for a fountain of youth
And then sit with my love when we both know the truth
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Soul Splinters
PoetrySimple, meaningful poems for the aftermath and recovery from a messy breakup.
