Stanza 5

pdthorn
Aug 25, 2023

As I held your slender wrist

A dragonfly passed by

Buzzing by, it asked

“Would you like these tender wings?”

Hazel eyes that match this dust bowl town

Swaying in the breeze, you’ll disappear like mist at dawn

My heart baked in the desert heat,

My lips burned under the white sun

From every corner of town

Your call echoes “fly for me”

I can’t see what this place will be in ten years

My hope as chisel, etching out a plan for two

Ashen hearts still beating

Still bleeding the wing shaped wound

A siren echo across this town I wander

“Come fly to me”

Show me you’re still there

Sound out your siren

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