Under a starless sky
I inch forward
Between heart stopping sweeps
Of an outpost searchlight
Darkness
A few inches more
Stillness
An explosion of light
Darkness
Darkness
A few inches more
Stillness
An explosion of light
Darkness
For what mindless thing
Of improbability
And random chance
Flutters and floats
Against ocean currents
Trailing feathery death
From gelatinous glass
Such splendid beauty and malice
In this ghost of the sea
But on closer inspection
I realized
It was the surface
Of a turquoise planet
Where a river once ran
Along a cerulean canyon
Carved through southern aqua badlands
Shadow event
Captured in light
Held in coloured silver
On fading film
With light and mass
We shape the world
For beauty’s sake
I love the way
Mind renders lines
To pleasure me
A pattern played
Their brightness seized
Turned back on them
A harsher light
By broken souls
Who feed on other’s weakness
I close my eyes
And dream of sky
Pretend there’s green
Hear the song
Feel the breeze
And the sun’s blue rays
While I tried to be brave
Standing on sorrow’s shore
Adding my own tears
To the deluge