A symmetry of muscle
you and I
two wings outstretched to fly
between us more than air
a body which we shared
Yet something now lies broken
I flap and strain and cry
The glory of my feathers unable to defy
the earthbound weight of sadness
which binds me
to that Fall
This single flightless limb
marooned beyond recall
a hellish limbo of becoming
of one hand clapping
one-sided half of someone
straining to be born
Then at the furthest reaches of me
where the light barely filters through
in the negative shape of my being
I start searching for you
And at first all I hear is the silence
a void trembling without edges or frame
until somewhere beyond all my knowing
a pulse beats out my name
It beats then it stops
then it beats once again
this fire-forged hope
flickering into flame
Beloved
be bolder
step into the light
no more endless waiting long into the night
look up and you’ll find others looking for you
for this is the time for the shattered to shine
for the broken to sing
and the light to break through