She is a call to heaven
The darkness around which
Stars are posthumously hung
*
My clay feet know
Both earth and sea
But the sky aspires
Higher and higher
With every extension
*
With my vertebrae
Horizontally stacked
I could go on forever
For a circle ends
Exactly as it begins
But if vertical,
I will undoubtedly fall
(I stand up
In spite of fear)
*
I carry you in silence
For it is through silence
That melody is relayed
*
My pulse struggles
Under the pressure
Of our overlapping breaths
Together we are imperishable
For no wrath exists
That can dissolve regard
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