Haze

don't look now she's gathering speed

cocooned with fire and party beads

gummed to the sticky floor

directly in the path of the storm

traced by smoky vanishings

upon a beaten shore

waves and seashells search for more

to light up their skies

they must prepare so

when we arrive

our bodies will erupt into dust

ten million colors scorched by the flames

of the friends we trust

will we survive

running as fast as we can

towards those lights in the sky

maybe we'll die

i'll fall asleep on the sand

for as long as it takes

to fill up the space in your eye

destroyed a halo, deceived honest men

eroded the values i held

way back when i had dreams

my seams frayed and thin, i smiled

gladly dove in, but was spit out

ripping out the pages from my seventh-century tome

i had been shown all of my broken bones

but i couldn't feel them

flying off of a building into an art-deco painting

i started panting, i just had

to talk with you

crossed and doubled, by sleight of hand

a ripple in the master plan

a drop of salt, out in the sea

one baby bird in a thousand trees

surrounded by the coastal groves

seeded by currents, their undertows

each root a story, each leaf a light

in night's silent pulsing groove