Poem: 'Corrupted Air'

 by Demi Armstrong




When shadows fall, would 

walls of darkness form around me?

May I sink into the ground, 

cold and malleable and akin

to shadow, birthed from the sun?


Still, immovable. How could I 

black and white, disturn 

colourful and vibrant light?

I would let light swallow me, 

my bones grinding, my flesh 


Turned to dust. 


Corrupted, blackened air

may mimic concrete buildings 

and breathing mountains alike. 

Take my body but leave my heart, 

tear it from my soul. 


Wings sprouted from torn skin

will spread the length of the sun. 

Should my body remain in shadows, 

my soul would leave, singing bird songs

of a life gone and reach the maternal sun


unburnt.  




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