REACHING TOWARD HEAVEN

The world hung dead over my head

My throat was choked

By the rope that it weaved

I went through the ceiling

Reaching toward heaven

The earth tied knots

And anchored my feet

The ground swelled with song

I ascended the stairs

I sang of life's dreams

Of its crosses to bare

They approached me so gracefully

And offered their crowns

The alligator, the crocodile

The bison, the cow

I knelt down to greet them

My hair swept the ground

They'd known me through lifetimes

They'd watched from the clouds

A soul must be lost

Before it is found

So I made my peace

And rejoined with the ground.