Ruben from the Sky

Ruben from the sky
come down fragile envelope
of lights

oh soft landing
from fragments of the world
come down

from rain of everything
muffled silence
the child's heart

oh hesitant movement.

When he is older
he will tell you
I remember my mother
and my father

I poked my brother
he poked me back
we fussed and mother
scolded us

so we sat quiet and buckled
and my eyes were full
of all the people,
the windows out to everywhere

and then I remember the nothing
there were flashes and colors
and I flew into them

someone held my hand
saying in my language
on their lips

there is no fear
I hold your hand
there is no fear

and there was singing
yes that was it
coming closer between night
the lights

all the pieces
still falling from my sky.





for the only survivor