Immense Magnolia Petal

Immense Magnolia Petal

I thought death was one more way of being

and not the other side of stones

I looked for the smile of my childhood under your face

and found your mother’s mourning glove

your words fell like marbles down the stairs of silence

to the foot of my soul

mummified by your gesture

earth opened to swallowed dawn birds

and a tide of fear covered you

death settled in the pores of day

and I, undaunted watchman,

witnessed the disintegration of the universe