Meteor - Draft I
Curve the blackness and a void.
Across an unmarked path I glide.
Tilted to one side you bouyed,
A quarter seen, but most denied.
Through a vastness I have longed.
An Azure atmosphere I prize.
Sear and heat my heart of stone,
Cobalt bright when we collide.
The frisson etched in bluish white,
A skipping stone-I touch yet miss,
And fail once more to reunite,
And mine must be the briefest kiss.
For you and I are misaligned,
And gravity shall ebb once more,
To leave behind our burning time,
Yet grant me 'being' as I glow.
An incandescent scratch of light,
I pray this trace just once persists,
Recalled alone, some future night,
Then you might tilt your heart to us.
Until then; lighter than before,
I curve once more to the unknown,
Deflected, darkened at the core,
What pull retains a skipping stone?
A skipping stone - [draft 2]
1. I traced the darkness of the void. [8]
2. A meteor crossed the path I tried. [8]
3. This phase in life in which I'm buoyed, [8]
4. A quarter seen but most denied. [8]
5. We shared a time; me and my stone. [8]
6. A warmer atmosphere its prize. [8]
7. To sear and heat our hearts alone, [8]
8. Cobalt bright [ties] [7]
9. A frisson etched: A scratch of light. [8]
10. A skipping stone - I touch yet miss, [8]
11. And fail once more to reunite, [8]
12. And ours has been the briefest kiss.[8]
13. For you and I are misaligned. [8]
14. And gravity shall ebb once more, [8]
15. To leave behind our [crossing time].[8]
16. [8]
18. An incandescent scratch of light, [8]
19. Perhaps a trace just once persists, [8]
20. Recalled alone some future night, [8]
21. Then you might tilt your heart to us. [8]
22. Until then; lighter than before, [8]
23. I curve once more to the unknown; [8]
23. Deflected, darkened at the core, [8]
24. Some meteor: A skipping stone [8]
