black lace

Cloaked in solitude,
I fade away into the night
Disappear in tangled wisps of wind

I take flight among silhouettes of life
Flowing, spinning, swirling
All black and soft and stars

I drift among the clouds
Sever all ties with the human world,
With its cruelty, corruption, and confusion

I become the wind
The trees
The moonlight…

If only I weren’t standing on the front steps
Looking to the sky
Shrouded in black lace.