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Printed from https://writing.com/main/books/entry_id/929194-the-dream-of-a-skyscape
by Rhyssa Author IconMail Icon
Rated: 18+ · Book · Contest Entry · #2081410
my entries for the Construct Cup
#929194 added February 20, 2018 at 12:14am
Restrictions: None
the dream of a skyscape
tonight, I know
no more will my feet
plod along the unforgiving ground—
tonight, I fly
through constellations,
the shimmer of diamond
on fire against the velvet sky.
I pirouette around the sullen ruby
of Mars, extend my leg
in an arabesque as I touch
the clouded pearl of Venus
and pause, reaching my fingers
across light years
and time, to touch the brilliant
sapphire
of Cygnus and
the cooler garnet that is Betelgeuse.
the Milky Way is my stage
as I lift the spiral diadem
that is Andromeda, for my crown,
for I am the sky,
the distant stars glitter—a jeweled
patina on my cloak
as I stretch over the night,
above farmlands and towns,
railroads and motorways,
strewn over the landscape
like beads in an artist’s drawer—
jade and hematite
topaz and bloodstone
pausing their dance
as I yawn and let my star eyes dim
into a deeper dream.

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