Friday, August 8, 2014

Protolith



I’m a wreck of a smile,
a parent rock,
layered with clay, sand, and silt.

You were a skipper and a dipper
Crushed by gravity and fire
Into cosmic ashes, starlight dust.

I shed billions of tears
that etch the iron in my heart to rust,
leaving scars in multiple dimensions.

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