an etheree

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you,

to me,

are stardust;

an angel's tears;

cracked butterfly wings.

because you left beauty

and shards of your red, red heart

in every gentle, snow-kissed step

you took to the edge of the world, and

in every quiet storm that you summoned.


A/N: an etheree is a poetic form that plays with syllables: the first line has one syllable, the second has two syllables, the third has three, and so on until the last (tenth) line, which has ten syllables.

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