aqua vitae

smooth translucent sphere
reflective glimmering droplet
elongates trembling, bonds stretch
break away from leaf’s edge

splash on the mossy ground unseen
eyelids damn inevitable rivulets
lashes wet with weeping rivers
seeping from orbs of green
and white. riven with red veins of pain
tracery reflected in tear streaked cheeks

tear blurred visions cannot see
unbroken mirror stretching ahead
glassy coin amidst unending foliage
trackless explorer, lost and alone
last of those to claim the globe
fleeing from the forests wrath
flew so far no going back
home is a dream bubble popped

perfect ovoids obey gravity’s dicattes
slowly wash down cheekbone channels
draw pathways through jawline tangles
freefall past the forests edge
mirrored miniature globe falls forever
diamonds shatter when they hit the stream
symmetry splatters, casting grapeshot
all reunites beyond the mirror’s surface

the fountain of life that he could never find
he dwells on failure, wallows mire
golden circle in his hand
last token of god hood foretold by
prophecy across the sea
lost all to chase a dream

knifelike perfection cleaves the waves
creating shattered space in his wake
droplets fly, birds alight
wavelets radiate, no other trace