Falling Stars

Embers burn the ground,
Ashes falling from the sky,
Standing knee deep in water
to shallow to drown,
Dropping onto porcelain skin,
Hands held out,
Burning my hand until the ashes thin,
Narcissistic & sadistic,
Suffering a sweet rain of pain,
Heart beating to the panic,
Eyes dark & manic,
Standing beneath the falling stars,
Half as hard,
Blackened wings opening in the wind,
Shift & bend,
Rising above the water
with a lift & spin,
The wretched begins its end.