Starsong
Here I hang
alive? dead?
I do not know
feel the chill of depth
the choking of my fire by emptiness
Here there is no air
yet in me an unquenchable flame
melts me
molten all-consuming liquid heat
Here Am I?
untouchable, my life ebbs away
fuses itself into death
was I ever alive?
I do not know
space beckons in cold finality
my spark will disappear
before others even know
Join me
Dance with me (there is time for two last baby
steps)
Sing to me
Rock me to a painless sleep
on a wave of nothing
I feel so heavy
yet so light
Hear me
Listen carefully
and watch
I am gone barely before I was
Here yet you
are but a second in my century
January, 2001