I Saw Jupiter
I saw Jupiter from my window last night
I saw Jupiter from my window last night
mist rising
I feel something growing inside me
your birthday card
I don’t
they say we’re all snowflakes
they grew in threesin untended spacesdark and twisted treesthey grew in threesseeds carried by a cold breezethe chill stung our facesthey grew in threesin untended spaces dark and twisted treesseedlings sprouted with easebare branches, diseaseddark and twisted treescasting shadows of uneasethe roots interlacingthey grew in threesdark and twisted trees
slept too long, mushrooms bloomeda delicate decaybeetles danced in the gloomslept too long, mushrooms bloomedthe celebration will be over soonfaded with the light of dayslept too long, mushrooms bloomeda delicate decay
those icy shadows reach further out
bats flutteroutside my windowthrough dark foliage while I float in an abyssof my own creationbats flutter through chilledSeptember airoutside my window fading beams of lightflickerthrough dark foliage