You cold little miracles
Scattered on velvet firmament
Like so many diamond shards
Mocking
Strike up the battle cry
Under silken sky
And string up the bows
Of the symphony of
Infinite derision
Oh I wonder at the
Abyssal and abysmal
The night-dark pressure depth
And the measured death
Of the bluelight
Thermoclines
The secret heat of the
Vulcan blood seeps
Through icy mood and
Blooms vibrant and violent
Across the floor of
Your very soul
Strike up the war cry
Under saffron sky
And break the boughs
Of the concerto of
Unshriven visions
Framed like a Neptune gem
A tragic lattice
Like a cobalt cage
Menaced by sharks
And freed by
Meadow larks
Arise, arise
And burst resplendent
A dew anointed flower
Gazing for endless hours
Dreadless showers
Nary hoary dour
Evaded the invaded
Green but unjaded
Alive and unabraded
Sated but unable
Safe but creche cradled