Draft 1
Lean into my chest and listen closely
My love for you envelops me like a silk made swaddle of blood
Dancing in the distance between us
Creating wrinkles wherever it is forced to bend
As the ground beneath us begins to shift
I lose my balance, falling onto another plane
The air around us fills with pieces of the earth,
Darkening the space between us until it appears that there is no longer any space left
Once the dust clears and I open my eyes
you are gone
And across the scorched earth before me lays your bloody silk
Wrinkled as an old woman’s face
Draft 2
Lean into my chest and listen
This silk made swaddle of blood and love evelops me
Dancing in the air to fill the distance between us
Folding and wrinkling wherever it is forced to bend
As the ground beneath us begins to crumble
My feet are swept away from under me
The weight comes off of my body as I rise into the air,
A weightless feather among a blank sky
The air around us quickly fills with pieces of the earth
Darkening my line of vision until it appears that I am no longer anywhere but nowhere
Once the dust clears and I open my eyes
You are gone
And across the scorched earth before me lays your bloody silk
Wrinkled as an old woman’s face
Draft 3
Lean into my chest and listen
To the blood stained silk which was made for you
It embraces you lovingly,
and dances in the air to fill the distance between
It folds and wrinkles wherever it is forced to bend
Yet it never stops moving
Never questions its why
As the ground beneath us begins to crumble
My feet are swept away from under me
The weight falls off of my body as my heart is reeled into the clouds
A weightless feather among a tuscan sky
The air around us quickly fills with pieces of the earth
Darkening my line of vision until it appears that I am no longer anywhere
but nowhere
Once the dust clears and I open my eyes you are gone
And across the scorched earth before me lays your bloody silk
Wrinkled as an old woman’s face
