it’ll be fine

𝚊 πš•πš˜πšŸπšŽ πšŠπšπšπšŠπš’πš› πš πš’πšπš‘ 𝚊 πšŒπšŠπš—πšŠπš›πš’
πšπš‘πšŠπš πšŽπš—πšπšœ πš πš’πšπš‘ πšπš‘πšŽ πš‹πš’πšπšπšŽπš›
𝚝𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚎 𝚘𝚏 πš πš’πš—πšŽ, πšŠπš—πš πšπš‘πšŽ
πš‹πšŽπšŽπšπš•πšŽ πšžπš—πšπšŽπš› πš–πš’ πšπš˜πš—πšπšžπšŽ,
πšŒπš•πš’πšŒπš”πš’πš—πš, πšŒπš•πš’πšŒπš”πš’πš—πš, πšŒπš•πš’πšŒπš”πš’πš—πš.
πšπš‘πšŽ πš™πš˜πš˜πš› πš–πš˜πš˜πš—, πšœπš‘πšŽ πš‘πšŠπšœ 𝚝𝚘
πš πš’πšπš—πšŽπšœπšœ πšπš‘πš’πšœ πšπšŽπš— 𝚘𝚏 πš’πš—πš’πššπšžπš’πšπš’
πš πš‘πšŽπš›πšŽ πš›πšŠπšπšŽ πš‘πšŠπšœ πš–πšŠπšπšŽ πš‘πš’πšœ
πšπš˜πš›πšŽπšŸπšŽπš› πš‘πš˜πš–πšŽ, πš πš‘πšŽπš›πšŽ
πšŒπšŠπš› πš›πšŠπšπš’πš˜πšœ πš‹πš•πšŠπšœπš 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚘𝚏
πš™πšŽπšπš›πš˜πš• πšŸπšŽπš‘πš’πšŒπš•πšŽπšœ πšŸπš˜πš–πš’πšπš’πš—πš
πšπšžπš–πšŽπšœ – πšŠπš—πš πšŽπšŸπšŽπš›πš’πš˜πš—πšŽ
πš™πš›πšŽπšπšŽπš—πšπšœ – πšπšŽπš•πš•πš’πš—πš πšπš‘πšŽπš–πšœπšŽπš•πšŸπšŽπšœ
πšπš‘πšŠπš πšπš‘πš’πšœ πš’πšœ πš˜πš”, πš™πš›πš˜πšπšŽπšŒπš πš–πš’
πš™πšŽπšŠπšŒπšŽ, πš’πšβ€™πš•πš• πš‹πšŽ πšπš’πš—πšŽ.

the cage that tells me

πšπš‘πšŽ 𝚌𝚊𝚐𝚎 πšπš‘πšŠπš πšπšŽπš•πš•πšœ πš–πšŽ
πšŠπš‹πš˜πšžπš πš‘πšŽπš› πš•πš˜πšŸπšŽ πšŠπšπšπšŠπš’πš›πšœ
πš πš’πšπš‘ πšπš‘πšŽ πšŒπšŠπš—πšŠπš›πš’.
πšπš‘πšŽ πš™πš˜πš˜πš› πš–πš˜πš˜πš—,
𝚝𝚘 πš πš‘πš’πšŒπš‘ πšπš‘πšŽ πšπš’πš™πšœπš’πšŽπšœ
πšœπšπš’πš•πš• πšœπš’πš—πš, πšŠπš—πš πšπš‘πšŽ
𝚜𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚝 πš–πš˜πš˜πš— πš’πš— πš–πš’ πšŒπš•πš˜πšœπšŽπš,
πš•πšŽπš πšπš‘πšŽπš– πšπšŽπš•πš• πš–πšŽ πšœπš˜πš–πšŽπšπš‘πš’πš—πš,
πš•πšŽπš πšπš‘πšŽπš– πšœπš™πšŽπšŠπš” 𝚝𝚘 πš–πšŽ πš’πš—
πš–πšŽπšπšŠπš™πš‘πš˜πš›πšœ, 𝚊𝚜 πšπš‘πšŽπš’ 𝚜𝚊𝚒 πšπš‘πšŽπš’ πšœπš™πšŽπšŠπš”,
πšπš‘πš’πšœ πš πš’πš—πšŽ πš’πšœ πš‹πš’πšπšπšŽπš›,
πšžπš—πšπšŽπš› πš–πš’ πšπš˜πš—πšπšžπšŽ,
πš’ πš‘πšŠπšŸπšŽ 𝚊 πš‹πšŽπšŽπšπš•πšŽ.

sparrow

πšœπš™πšŠπš›πš›πš˜πš  πš˜πš— πš–πš’ πš πš’πš—πšπš˜πš πšœπš’πš•πš•
πš•πš˜πš˜πš”πš’πš—πš πš’πš—, πš πš‘πš’πš•πšœπš πš’
πš•πš˜πš˜πš” 𝚘𝚞𝚝.
πšœπšžπš–πš–πšŽπš› πšœπšžπš— πš‹πšŽπšŠπšπš’πš—πš
πš›πšŽπš•πšŽπš—πšπš•πšŽπšœπšœπš•πš’ πš˜πš— πšπš‘πšŽ πšπš•πšŠπšœπšœ πš™πšŠπš—πšŽ.
πš’ πš πšŠπš—πš 𝚝𝚘 πš•πšŽπš πšπš‘πšŽ πš‹πš’πš›πš πš’πš—πšœπš’πšπšŽ
πšŠπš—πš πšπš’πšŸπšŽ πš’πš πšœπš‘πšŽπš•πšπšŽπš› πšπš›πš˜πš– πšπš‘πšŽ πš‘πšŽπšŠπš,
πš‹πšžπš πšπš‘πšŠπšβ€™πšœ πš—πš˜πš πš‘πš˜πš  πš πš’πš•πš πšπš‘πš’πš—πšπšœ πš πš˜πš›πš”.
πšπš‘πšŽ πšœπš™πšŠπš›πš›πš˜πš  πšπš˜πšŽπšœπš—β€™πš πšŒπš˜πš—πšœπš’πšπšŽπš› πš–πšŽ.
πšœπš‘πšŽ πš’πšœ πšŠπšπšπšŽπš› 𝚊 πšœπš™πš’πšπšŽπš› πšœπš™πš’πš—πš—πš’πš—πš πš’πšπšœ πš πšŽπš‹
πš’πš— πšπš‘πšŽ πšŒπš˜πš›πš—πšŽπš› 𝚘𝚏 πšπš‘πšŽ πšπš›πšŠπš–πšŽ.
πšπš‘πšŽ πšœπš™πšŠπš›πš›πš˜πš  πš•πšŽπšŠπšŸπšŽπšœ
πšŠπš—πš πš’ πšŠπš– πš•πšŽπšπš πš πš’πšπš‘ πšπš‘πšŽ πšŠπš‹πšœπšŽπš—πšŒπšŽ 𝚘𝚏
πš‹πš’πš›πš πšŠπš—πš πšœπš™πš’πšπšŽπš› πšŠπš•πš’πš”πšŽ.

behold

behold the sea of absence,
behold the sea of centuries,
my blood kneeling on a
sunken tree,
and the arm of my anguish
pouring out into the
warm air.

lady of light

lady of light,
i command you,
i beg you,
hear me speak with unvoice,
hear what i have unsaid,
with this love i love you,
with this i curse you,
the knife in my back,
broken.

my heart sets out

my heart sets out
from my body to your
last journey
sprout of light,
water of the ages that
is born in you.
lost.

come to my thirst.
now after all.
before.
come to my long thirst
entertained in mouths,
scarce springs.

at last

he came, at last, to my hope.
around his eyes, brief, infinite,
knowing nothing.
it is agile and clean like the
tender wind of the early morning,
cheerful and soft and deep as
grass under water.
he gets sad sometimes
with that mural sadness
that makes quick idols on his face
and draws worried ghosts.

i think it’s like a little girl
asking an old lady things,
like a giddy donkey
entering a city,
full of straw.
he also has a mature woman
who suddenly frightens his gaze
and moves inside him and
bites his insides with tears.

watching the magic

we wore feathers
and danced in starlight.
our language was that of
luminosity and crystal castles.
we hung diamonds from tree
branches, like earrings
and watched them swing
like pendulums
in the wind.
the rivers, they knew us
and the moon, she smiled
watching the magic
beneath her.

a glass filled with sand

πš’πš 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚊 πšπš•πšŠπšœπšœ πšπš’πš•πš•πšŽπš πš πš’πšπš‘ πšœπšŠπš—πš
𝚊𝚝 πšπš‘πšŽ πšŽπš—πš 𝚘𝚏 πšπš‘πšŽ πšπš‘πšŽ πš›πš˜πšŠπš
πšπš‘πšŽ πš™πš›πš˜πš–πš’πšœπšŽπš πš•πšŠπš—πš
πš πš’πš—πšŽ πš’πš— 𝚊 πš‘πš˜πš—πšŽπš’πšŒπš˜πš–πš‹
πš•πš’πš•πšŠπšŒπšœ πš’πš— πš“πšŠπš—πšžπšŠπš›πš’
πš’πš— πšπš‘πšŽ πš–πš’πšπšπš•πšŽ 𝚘𝚏 𝚊 πšœπšπš˜πš›πš–
𝚊 πšŒπš˜πš•πš˜πšžπš›πšπšžπš• πš—πš’πšπš‘πšπš–πšŠπš›πšŽ
πš‹πš›πš˜πš”πšŽπš— πš‹πš’ πšπšŠπš πš—
𝚊 πš–πš˜πšœπššπšžπš’πšπš˜ πš‹πšŽπš’πš—πš πš‹πš’πšπšπšŽπš—
πšŠπš— πšŠπšŒπš’πš πšπš›πšŽπšŽπš— πšŒπš‘πšŽπš›πš›πš’
πšŽπšŠπš›πšœ πšπšžπš•πš• 𝚘𝚏 πšπšŽπš•πš’πšπš‘πš
πšπš‘πšŽ πš πš˜πš›πšπšœ 𝚘𝚏 𝚊 πš–πšŽπš›πš›πš’
𝚊 πš›πš’πšŸπšŽπš› πš›πšžπš— πš‹πšŠπšŒπš”πš πšŠπš›πšπšœ
πšŠπš—πš πš‹πš˜πšπšπš•πšŽπšœ πšπš›πš˜πš πš—πš’πš—πš πš’πš— πš πš˜πš›πšπšœ
πš’πšβ€™πšœ πš‘πšŠπš’πš› πšŒπšŠπš›πšŽπšœπšœπš’πš—πš
𝚌𝚊𝚝𝚜 πš”πš’πšŒπš”πšŽπš 𝚝𝚘 πšπš‘πšŽ πšŒπšžπš›πš‹
𝚊 πš—πšŽπš  πš‹πš˜πš‘ 𝚘𝚏 πš–πšŠπšπšŒπš‘πšŽπšœ
𝚊 πš–πš˜πšπš‘ πšŽπšŠπšπšŽπš— πšœπš‘πš’πš›πš
πš‹πšŽπšŠπš›πšœ πš›πš˜πšŠπš–πš’πš—πš πš’πš— πš πš’πš—πšπšŽπš›
πšœπšžπš’πšπšŒπšŠπšœπšŽπšœ πšπš’πš•πš•πšŽπš πš πš’πšπš‘ πšπš’πš›πš
πšŠπšœπš‘πšŽπšœ 𝚝𝚘 πšŠπšœπš‘πšŽπšœ
𝚊 πšπš›πš˜πš˜πš– πš•πšŽπšπš πšŠπš‹πšœπšžπš›πš