Now I Face You

now I face you, fallen
sky, see your scatter,
taste your debris

I am into iron
with a devil twist
purlins, I-Bars

beams asunder
of straightness
hearts strung out

you have bent
my skyline, leveled
tall shade

tell me brothers'
gloves touch
under weights

never dreamed
coming down in
dust, flames' echoes

see them climb
just to fall, their
gloves touching

their fiery gloves
reaching ever
reaching, touching

you have spared
me months of ache
now catch hold

measure iron crush
upon their gloves'
unbroken touch

you twist me now
rend me, bare
fallen sky



Contributor: Tom Sheehan