in those finite eternities
you coerced me through salted, frozen earth
a struggling shoot reaching up
because you were above
and this light I needed
to grow, and I grew
in that lifetime I did not bend nor break
but weathered strong against the seasons
I came as close to the sky as I could
I felt your light, warmth for years
and then I succumbed
but I was not alone

in those finite eternities
you took my eroding heart
and filled the dark holes, fathomless
with a million stars
bright, hot, curious
I was no longer solidarity
I was surrounded, under canopy
in this forest I sang without a voice, beautiful
and you danced without movement, so bright
I felt maybe god was there
and she loved me
with the million stars
you helped me see

I would live a thousand lives
and die a thousand deaths
to sing that voiceless song
life, on my lips and in my hands
universes brought together
above an ancient tree
I would always reach above for you
in those finite eternitire