Thursday, March 28, 2024

skin to scales

 i believe we transform into birds 

as we age 

watching skin on m y forearm 

once tight dewy youthful ignorance tight 

cells now expand

wider larger deeper 

like the scales on a cranes leg 

scales 

fusing our life past to present 

fusing our lie to a thing with feathers 

muscles shrink to bone 

articulation becomes more mechanical 

as our cells transform to birds 

we seek the sky