John Davies
Death Of A Star
The first as bright as the last,
the purple scream, the camera-flash.
The rolling fire, the surround of dark
the blood-shot eye, the cold wind blowing past.
A centre of light that was never born,
never knew there could be this colour, this death,
the way a moon can outlast the dawn.
One final sprint, one final flower in bloom -
the welcome air before shadows are scorched,
before the thunder, before the torch dies,
one final drink before the sunrise.
Here the crimson wounds, the blood-let too swift for scars,
the silent death, the soundless fire.
Here the light-years lost with the stars.
The last as dark as the first,
the fire-cracked blink, the lightning sweep,
the clouded black, the dusk, the centre-burst -
the drawing down before sleep.
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