fragments

i. likeness

what I wouldn't give to be like
athena sprung from her father’s head
fully formed


ii. kaiju blue
 
we leave our monsters in the past,
they find us in the blue.
the world shifts,
                           opens.


iii. papyrus

we are scattered among the reeds
on the river bank.

we are not gods nor monsters.
isis cannot save us. does not love us.

we are jury and judge, balanced
precariously on narrow barges,

found lacking. ma'at sighs.

we are sinking.

 
iv. platitudes

we are not stronger in pain.


v. a thousand cranes

in the day, the strength is in the folding.
at night they fly out my window,
paper tapestries unfinished.

no matter how long I wait
the world is not ending.