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suppose our skin is paper
and organs ornate origami,
connected with tissues, toil,
and folded cranes?

would we perhaps cherish
our fragile, fleeting bodies
a bit more carefully?

death
makes me feel anciently young.
peering down into starry skies,
chattering birdsongs and ditties
about nothing,
i wish upon them, never change,
be brave; don't give up anything
you'd regret later.

hold them tighter, breaking
my little wishing stars
into sons of great bearing.

but then i look up,
and see suns setting
day-by-night by day.
where are you going?
whispers the black-veil sky.
i set fire to the clouds,
and horizons bleed orange
fading to ashen dusk.
my answer is given
at the turning point.

i am going
to the other side.

ah, that answer is typical.
will i see you
again?

yes.
someday.
Not much to say about this one.
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DanielaIvanova's avatar
Because so many people commented on it, I'd like to leave my mighty important opinion on the anciently young phrase, too! :D It didn't really appeal to me, it felt somehow... umm I don't know how to describe it in litrary terms so I'll try in visual ones - if your poem was a soft watercolor painting this phrase would be the sharp outline of masking fluid. It just felt somehow out of place. Anyway, enough blabbering about that, or you might decide I don't like the poem. Which I don't. I love it! The images you create are simply amazing, they resonate so well in my mind I swear my fingers start itching for a paint brush.