Lady Galaxy

There were dark marks under her eyes
From where we got lost in the meadow
She scooped up the shadows under the birches
And left a blood stain

There was a deep bruise on the moon
So ripe the stars licked their lips
And fell down upon her

She walks sometimes on cold nights
And hopes just to freeze

There were lions waiting on the edge
Of black rivers where we used to swim
She threw back her head in a crackle of laughter
And let the blade fall

There was a question hanging on Pluto
So blue blooded the others fled
And shivered in the darkness

She sings sometimes to herself
And chokes on the notes

There were shepards hovering at her side
From when she fell down out of the sky
She screamed for the clouds to take her back
And regrow the dead feathers

There was a wide gash on Jupiter
So red the sun looked away
And hid behind a blackhole

She sleeps sometimes in the morning
And never wakes up