Zenith, Nadir
After evening fell, the stars arrived
After evening fell, the stars took in breaths of midnight cinder
After evening dropped into darkness, the children came to float about,
sprinkle life onto the barren stone
The powder white of the moon
The tears rolled down, dripping from porcelain
In drops of silver mercury
I raise my head
and called above
silently
Mouth open as if to scream
Begging for a taste of starlit rain
Restless, unwavering
and at last, it comes, the first
I let myself drown and absorb its radiance
The celestial crystalline coalition of melted cryogenic calling
Out of every one
I drink
Seeking contentment
Seeking fulfillment
Seeking eternity
But eventually the rains run thin
and the sky begins to close
Eventually the clouds drift away
and with the poisonous greed I am left alone
And I realize
I have taken
everything I could
even from myself
and all that’s left is rotting nothing
empty, stripped filth
The air has grown colder
the world is freezing once again
I reach out in desperation
flailing miserably
futile
fury, feverish, failure
I tear the lights down from the sky,
rip away the world
trying to find something beneath
but
the night’s already over
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