suddenly
there was sun and moon and stars
and night and day
all taken for granted
then no sun no moon no stars
no night no day
forsaken transplanted
there was sight and sound and touch
and someone there
as always forever
then an empty silence such
as none aware
of hallways to never
item: body found
it was a silent evening I remember
through the river's mist it comes to me
a star pierced the air, white with speed
it leaped across the sky, slipped and fell
I heard its cry, it echoed in the sea
the swift wild cry of the scornful ember
alone I stood there, never had I need
of fellow rebel more, I a rebel
down the dark beach I ran, I stripped, time
was an eyeless reach across immensity
and I plunged deeply, they blamed it on the tide
the night, they had not seen infinity
like a vast unchanging vista wide
before me. if you go too far you'll drown
they said, ah no, they know the sublime
who reach for the falling star and go down