Verdigris

i choke off the breath again like gripping the back-draught

like cleansing the oil overflowing the edges of this coast

leaving ashes in relics, we resting on new embers

broken shadows across your back lashing tides start again

watch the steel undulate liquid flow like glass panes

pile the foundations mottled from shrapnel rain

engulfed in white oceans dead hands float the same

more liminal weight, nothing but hidden shapes

stare at the structure, like talking in language

like gazing down at the valves working under foot

watch the steel undulate liquid flow like glass panes

pile the foundations mottled from shrapnel rain

engulfed in white oceans dead hands float the same

more liminal weight, nothing but hidden

splinters into forests, sand dunes into temples

ruins to cathedrals, scattered back like star light

carbon to carcass, waves into silence

splinters into forests,, sand dunes into temples

ruins to cathedrals, shattered back like stars

carbon to carcass, waves into silence

watch the steel undulate liquid flow like glass panes

pile the foundations mottled from shrapnel rain

engulfed in white oceans dead hands float the same

more liminal weight, nothing but hidden shapes