Apogee Poem by James Long II

Who you are is not enough.
At least the pieces that you gift.
Another mask, another mirror
another wall against the risk

This death by a thousand hungers
has left wild furrows in my mind
I need to split the sails you tighten.
Unanchored song lays stitch in time.

What can I say to you?
you cannot change, the new child dies.
What can I learn from you?
Just endless movies in my mind.

But if I break, can I borrow
The weapons of your apathy,
your shield against tomorrow?
"Kill the raven." Spake the crow