Step down
And fall from blazing vaults star crusted and cold
As the air gets thicker with emotions and muddied thoughts
Cast off the divine perspective
Take a moment to stop
Stop looking at the big picture
And focus on the small people in the photographs instead
Now further
And dive into the depths of the dark undercurrents moving the pieces
Found in the two small circles called his eyes and her eyes
Into the shadow that she and he are not even aware of
The silent place on the other side of words when conversations die
Take on this poisoned perspective
That you know is unhealthy and wrong
Don't forgive him or her
Allow the undercurrents of ice to take you
Sweep you off your feet
Give up control
As they carry you out to sea
And then rise
Take wing again
Emerge from the ocean
Water trailing from your glistening wing tips
Eleven trails of rain that follow you
Each drop from the ocean floor
Glistens in the sunlight like a diamond
And rise through columns of daylight and cloud
Flickering with sunlight and water like the Phoenix reborn
Ascend through the crack in the sky you made
When you plummeted comet like into the sea
Return to your halls of adamante
unlock the gates of horn and ivory
And sit once more on your throne
Take in the whole picture, past and future
And let the world become small in your eyes again
But remember
Remember the thickness of the air
And how the swallows of the evening star had flown in your wake
Remember the plunge and the shock of the water
Remember their eyes and the shadows within
Remember their humanity as you gaze from your tower
And if you should ever forget
You know how to recall being human
Simply take a step down
Now
Take the step up
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