to streak across the night sky
in flame in glorious incandescence
white-hot and fearless I want
to dance until I'm breathless with
sweat rolling down my back between
my breasts into my eyes
I want to laugh
until I cry
and cry
until I empty out become
a small brown husk
weightless and bouyant
in a wild wind
I want to sing too loud
stay up all night talking
watch the sun rise
on mystery
and awe
and endless possibility I
want to touch
that sweet raw wound
where the music coils
and recoils I want to touch
and be touched
there
and there
until my skin burns
and the world folds into itself
like velvet origami and
the sky collapses
and I fall to earth
to begin again.
10/1/2011
© 2011 Tessa Murphy McKay
