Leaf Orbit
If I could fly like a moth
my wings would shed like moon dust
brown and brittle as your eyes
and die in the sand
curled up in your foot print.
You are what I would be
if you were the sun
and I am distanced and scared
stuck in your orbit
facing you.
I am a pool.
I think you are afraid of swimming
so I have to live
with drowned leaves floating
in my tears.
my wings would shed like moon dust
brown and brittle as your eyes
and die in the sand
curled up in your foot print.
You are what I would be
if you were the sun
and I am distanced and scared
stuck in your orbit
facing you.
I am a pool.
I think you are afraid of swimming
so I have to live
with drowned leaves floating
in my tears.