Consigned to collapse - they stand

Starlight-Fangirl

Consigned to collapse – they stand

they stand – what were they -whirling

atoms - consigned somehow to those

particular bodies – they stand – con-

signed by the virulence of unholiest

hatred to the edge of collapse –some

to tumble over – they stand –some in

the soft dust of ash - some stumbling

through the finally opened gates –they

stand -some now flown to shine – star-

light in the sky – they return pushing

stones from their graves born to tell a

story that should have been but a tale

of caution – they stand strong and tall

their line circling this world – the Source

shining in the eyes of the newly born –

They stand – the cycle of self continues

their atoms inviolate and firm – perhaps

one or two floating off to still a hand lifted

in hatred – a heart aching in loss – they

stand behind us, with us, before us –

watching-

standing

They…