Stay
You said “leave” like it was destiny,
the stars a crown, a new fertility.
But every eye that seeks the sky
leaves something here...
to wither and die.
You crave new worlds to hide your past
but nothing thrives when roots are cast.
Every path beyond the stratosphere
remembers what you abandon here.
Stay!
The world you broke is still breathing.
Stay!
The child you bore is still healing.
Mend the ground before you.....
chase another grave
chase another grave
You grow no garden,
yet you claw at other lands.
You never learned
the quiet truth of water
but you’d mark each moon
with your undone hands.
You dream of futures buried skyward,
as if distance were a cure
but nothing in the cold above
was ever built
to keep you pure.
Every path beyond the stratosphere
remembers what you abandon here.
Stay!
The world you broke is still breathing.
Stay!
The child you bore is still healing.
Mend the ground before you.....
chase another grave
The dark beyond won’t shelter you
it only tallies what you’ve missed.
And distance carves its verdict slow,
a frozen truth
you can’t resist.
Are the stars our destiny,
or just another cold calamity?
Stay!
The world you love is receding
Stay!
The child you bore is still weaning
Mend the ground before you..…
chase another grave