And

A strange evolution of hair and bone and skin
Where light and time and hardship take hold
Burning and grinding new pathways
Reassembling and redefining bodies
Eating away the innocence and naivety
Forging and hardening the inside and out
A body and a soul together empowered
By burns and cuts and light and sweat

The old is dead and gone
But beneath is great and strong

A Black World and A Glorious Tomorrow.

It's rust in the sunlight

Not shining, but brilliant in its own way

Burnt red and stark orange

Breathing wild creation into dull steel

Time as the instigator of youthful rebellion

Watching the light before dawn

On lawn chairs we found on the roof

Giggles and sleep deprivation

Our only conversation

Somehow more meaningful than our posturing

Looking in the mirror after the longest day

Noticing how much a face can change

All doubt and fear forgotten for a moment

A mix of resignation and accomplishment

Beyond the darkness of quiet lives

These are what give is strength in times of trouble

That we will rust, and be beautiful in our scars

That even at our most weary, we are whole

That all our fears are just nightmares, and we're soon to wake.

Our light is radiant and it shows us the way

I must be Asleep

Sleep is a safe place
It's where desire dies

Sleep is a happy place
Because we forget we want so bad

Sleep is a blessed place
We are free from that which eats us alive

Sleep is a far place
To let go of all this life is so very terrifying

Sleep is a worthy place
To choose the quiet oblivion is the wiser path

Plummet

I'm pretty sure I'm going to fall
I don't know the details
The specifics of my plunge.

But before the day of my death
I think that some great distance I will traverse
Entirely too quickly and vertically

And that's why I walk so lightly on the earth
Not trusting the sturdiness of my step
Because some day, I'll have nothing below my feet

I'm sure it wont hurt
I'm sure I wont die
But this great fall is waiting for me and I don't know when.