Poetry, QiXi

Hold me again & I am the 

          saddest girl to ever drop from

the heavens. Tumbling into your

          arms, I am blameless. I was washing my 

wings in the river when you

          hid them, I am falling again. My 

bones unspool into thread 

          upon the desert. Drown 

me, river of stars. 

          One year, one bridge, but love 

lengthens, just like all shadows — leaving.

          So hold me open, like a fresh silk wound. 

Hold me open & step in. Tell me it was all

          worth it.