Thursday, August 21, 2014

Lament. 8/22/2014

Have you ever seen a city reflected in the clouds?
The land beneath my feet is weeping. 
It's crying for something so dear 
   I probably can't even feel it anymore .
The blood tears trickle through my toes
   But only salted iron tastes the pain. 
There's a dizziness in the sky,
   A distance.
And the wind whispers secrets of the deep demise. 
Still I'm blank.
The easterlies wail yet affect not a hair on my sleeve. 
I pluck, I pull, I scratch until I'm immersed in hematic condensation. 
My empathy howls but my body doesn't tremble. 
I am stone. 
Not stone, stone crumbles with these secrets. 
I am not stone.
I am air.
With wispy water vapor I glide. 
I cry through my indifference. 
For what? 
If only I were made of stone.

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