Lucifer, Falling

...feathered notes drawn out

of my back -

face-first in the midst of

free-fall,

I struggle against cold air.

Vaulted sky above

with clouds like padlocks

against protection...

another ... torn,

leaving a blood-trail on exit,

long,

slow,

violent with purpose,

the squelch of my skin and tissue

ripping...

***

Abandoned

I am thrust through blue haze of nothing

- as I

drop -

my legs hover above,

my head below.

A tumbling force sends me

- somersaulting from space -

down

from the heavens.

***

The stars cannot catch me

for I plummet

to the earthy grasp of the open grave.

All is silence.

***

But something in the ground

reveals itself.

A crack in the soil

gapes...like an open wound.

Mighty.

Endless.