Beloved
you are made of stardust
and eros built a castle for you
in the sky
so icarus flew to reach
your palace in the clouds
but stretched too far
and fell back to earth
with singed wings and
bruised pride
the pharaohs of egypt
couldn’t leave the ground
so they sung their songs of praise
from the tops of mountains
made a temple of your
body and told you
they loved you but
the sand was hot under
your feet and you
never wanted to leave
a place more
and day by day
your castle crumbled and
your fingers turned to dust
glittering in the sunlight
for a moment it hangs there
before floating away
and someone catches it
catches you and brings their
hands up to their lips and
blows
and eros built a castle for you
in the sky
so icarus flew to reach
your palace in the clouds
but stretched too far
and fell back to earth
with singed wings and
bruised pride
the pharaohs of egypt
couldn’t leave the ground
so they sung their songs of praise
from the tops of mountains
made a temple of your
body and told you
they loved you but
the sand was hot under
your feet and you
never wanted to leave
a place more
and day by day
your castle crumbled and
your fingers turned to dust
glittering in the sunlight
for a moment it hangs there
before floating away
and someone catches it
catches you and brings their
hands up to their lips and
blows