Edge of England

Poetry as a breath of inspiration.

Do not think we are ugly things
because we break and are broken

and do not hurt us because we are mechanical things
because we follow our clockwork paths

the constellations follow their paths
for eternal life, and fall
so much like we also fall

and make and break contact
splitting and becoming dust
only to be swept away

so much like our breath
is also swept away
at the sight of such a thing
so broken

Author's Note

Inspired by the Cornelia Parker sculpture, Edge of England (currently on display at the Milwaukee Art Museum)