Letters and Paper Promises Raining From the Sky

sitting in an orchard of destruction

watching paper promises fall from the sky

letters symbolic of nuclear snowfall

dead red berries clung to the branches

silently weeping tears of blood

praying to whatever gods berries pray to

that they would suffocate in the blizzard

of letters falling from the sky

sitting all alone in an orchard of destruction

letters you wrote to me

words you spoke to me

I wrote them all down to keep your memory alive

that ghost that you became

it crowded into my head and exploded out my eyes

and blizzards ensuing

choking out my tears

letters falling from the sky

sitting in this orchard of destruction

once upon a time so alone but not anymore

about the stroke of midnight

the moon came out its rays calmed the storm

falling letters bound themselves into

tiny little novels chapterizing our time together

written words that we shared

slowly becoming epitaphs

monuments to the love we once shared

marred now only by the sight

of letters falling from the sky

sitting in this orchard of destruction

berry’s blood fell asphyxiated

drawing perfect red lines

on the letters that fall from the sky

creating a blueprint (redprint)

becoming a plan for the future

making my pain the destroyer

making my hope the architect

subtleties that intertwine the lines

create a work of art for my heart to follow

all because in that instant

letters fell from the sky

(c) 2013 p.hill