Angry are the stars
For I froze their shine
Crying souls I hear
As they bathe me in despise
Far beyond my reach
I possess no power to wound the night
But they feel broken and lost
For I dared scar myself with the sun's light.
I stood under the oceans
And let myself burn away
But heard the moon weep
And protest against the day
I sliced my veins
And let loose the devils off my blood
But rained the sky stardust upon me
To heal my bleeding cut.
Voices fill my head
And ask me to fade
Sway with oblivion
Disappear into nowhere
But falling comets breathe to me
Some air that they stole
Planets lay beside my bed
Singing melodies to console.
Left by the dawn
Cheated by a dusk
Lying over the horizon
Stranded and stuck
Falling apart in pieces
Waiting for an end
Glowing like an exit sign
Wasted fragments of my skin.
But descend the constellations
Down cloudy paths
Fighting against the morning
To save me from their wrath
They carry my broken dreams
Up into the space
Carry my halved hearts to beating stars
And give them back their pace.
They fit me along their lines
And join me with their dots
They hand me some of their light
And help me fight my wars
Now I am part of a dark sky
Whose light is a shower of pain
I am the phoenix
That was born from its ashes, once again.
- Rati
