Beyond the Stars

Liquid fire runs through my veins

And burns with every pump

From my smoldering, blistering heart.

My bones are filled with sea water

Not marrow, and they call to the

Distant ocean with every move I make.

And I'm sure that if I leapt from this cliff

The wings folded against my vertebrae

Would spread and lift me high

Into the clear, crisp sky and across

This valley I look down into.

Until I reached beyond the clouds

And beyond the stars and

Into your arms.