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