By Nola Killpack
The sky must end somewhere
and there I would be trapped,
so I mold myself wings
of feathers and hardened wax.
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Of my fate, I lie, unaware,
this journey, thought abstract.
But left unsponsored by each king,
I slip on flight and watch my feet retract.
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Here dwells I, an undiscovered wilderness,
and I manufacture rainbows (sun glorified by tears)
but the sky is glass blown by wind and lava
and I could touch it in these wings I wear.
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So I fly higher. When my back drips, bloodless,
beneath my fist, sky fractures into cerulean spears
and through the gash oozes space. I become a killer,
pirate ships crushed beneath stars, humanity a shifting powder,
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but no, my fist too weak, my wings too waxen,
my knuckles land with a hollow sound
and I am the only one found bleeding, broken
no oak and velvet, but a shroud of clouds.
This is such a cool concept for a poem, loved it!
This is beautifully moving. I love the rhyme scheme and imagery. Amazing writing!
This is such an awesome poem ! ! ! Three exclamations with spaces between, because that’s how much I mean it!