lapis exilis

A Poem

    

            I recall a time,

if memory serves,

of being cast away.

Falling, like a leaden weight,

like unto a shooting star

a blue light blazing cross the firmament.

And part of the heavens was with me,

and they were made to share

in my eternal damnation.

            We stood valiant and steadfast,

in a struggle that lasted seventy days