Knead out mortality knotted in cords
Sinew bound complacent within you
Slough the lactose backwards, steady forwards
Forests sing before you, “Please continue”
Arced up to fall
Or fell already
Be still or still becoming
That is all
Towers enflamed from birth
Off embers of ruined worth
No structures so tall
Stand forever on the earth
Exist in immolation, constant in decay
Spray universal tears or else withhold
Drink the fading sunlight dying out
Those selfsame coals
As Iris speeds away
Even rainbows can grow old
Trip on this path and rise
Mud dries.
May 18th, 2021
Hermit Thrush 