His Long Sleep

Photo by&#160;<a href="https://unsplash.com/@brina_blum?utm_source=medium&#38;utm_medium=referral">Brina Blum</a>&#160;on&#160;<a href="https://unsplash.com/?utm_source=medium&#38;utm_medium=referral">Unsplash</a><br/><br/>after Stephenie Meyer<br/><br/>Now call it marvelous: the monster madeof granite cracks, a landslide blossomingwhere silence ever dwelt. The boy would fadeinto oblivion, a beast, awesomeand horrible to step into his world,a mockery of laughter, light &#8212; but sheis crystalline and silent, glasswork girlwho doesn&#8217;t know to turn her tail and flee,she brings me down. A magma heart unfoldswhere sorrow kept its stillness. She awakesa dead boy dreaming, never to be coldagain.&#160;He only notices the quakeonce all is shifted: beast by any nameawakes to boyhood. Nothing is the same. <br/><br/>Get full access to Sonnets &c. at <a href="https://zjppoetry.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast">zjppoetry.substack.com/subscribe</a>