"there was a star riding through clouds one night, and i said to the star, ‘consume me.’"

with me i bring the earth and sea,
fire and winds. carry the moon and sun
on my shoulders and chose my weapons

wisely. binding myself
more tightly spilling
into the sky.

i dare. you,
probably.

to part the curtains i imagine
of lace and of shells. to see.
skin's hidden secret stretch marks.
invisible - a different kind of growth.

uncharted territory in blood red.
sparking divinities. epiphanies.
i am becoming.
(a) stranger.





title from 'the waves' by virginia woolf