A collection of original poetry by Ella Petrichor.
Highest Rank: #152 in Poetry (6/14/18)
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::Excerpt::
"betrayal along the seams"
A melancholic pallor lining her face
She stood in the doorway
Beating the shit out of that old rug
As thou...
are you ready for it? are you tightening your bootstraps? buckling your helmet? taking a deep breath?
captain, we're landing now.
captain, are you ready?
who am i kidding- your ears don't pop when we break the atmosphere as though they've been preparing themselves and your eyes roll back in your head like pool balls as we kiss the painted pavement of california our loved ones rush out to meet us and even though your heart jumps to see your family just outside yards away, the far away distance closed at last you can't make yourself get up from your seat.
captain, is everything all right?
helmet on. boots buckled. enough breath stored in your lungs to last you a lifetime and a half.
. . . captain?
engines on. airlocks closed. enough life pent up in your tired eyes to last you a lifetime on the dusty whiteness up there. alone.
last words scribbled on a scrap of paper for your parents and wife, years later given to the son you'll never meet with a fire in his blood resembling yours:
it's time i go back home.
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