If the sky were to tear/tear open

Inspired by Joy Harjo

if the sky were to tear/tear open

my mouth would gape, just as wide

lips of awe

yearning to taste the invisible

on the other side

if the sky were to tear/tear open

i would feel from where blue comes

finally understanding

its favouritism since grade one

if the sky were to tear/tear open

i would see him

seated on his throne

vanished by a windless gust

and inside this sky

rains forth a prize of gold

weightless

i’ll be ready

on a night unbeknownst to all

but the unmet sage within

who whispers

you’re ready

for when the conscious sky

tears/tears open again

- Uneety, Jan. 25, 2022