The Great Plane

Sometimes the sky opens

And I am given a plain sight.

One headed west high over land over night.

And when I meet the pacific

It’s not the flight giving me red eyes,

But the heat of an old flame boiling my blood,

With no holes for a hide.

Sometimes the sky opens

And I become glued to illusion,

Caged by fantasies.

Thought they belonged to california

But that prison stretched east.

I am lost in queens

My thoughts are mapped to an old king.

I play out a hundred unresolved scenes

But the boroughs and the dreams bring me dead ends, happy nothings.

Sometimes the sky opens

And out come birds perched on my windowsill

For me to gaze

But if I leap they leave only feathers for my hair.

You are the wound I wear,

A story I share,

My infamous tale.

Sometimes the sky closes

And I am given a clear view

Of the miles of armor worn to face through.

To a side I’m well versed waiting to abandon

To a side that bites at my heels.

Well I have chosen my side for a time

And I leave all flight to the birds.

But I will keep the feathers in my hair.

Sometimes the sky.