supernova

Heal
means watch the tide enclose the
shores, surrounded by a ghost, means
wade the water deep and sow
the soul, watch it sink then
bathe the glow
Heal
means wear the sun as wedding veils and
kiss the fabric scent, means
swing the branches, dive the mountain
allow the brine to sleep still upon your flesh

Stare the sky so hard you bruise the
blue expanse, make a fist so tight you
snap the nervous bone

Supernova of the heart
collapse, explode.
A scattered million
still lightning
frozen as a bulb yet
flicker the stammering stars