Door Within the Sky

A ladder stands against the sky

trailing languidly out of sight

through an open hatch sewn with stars

a light flares up against the dark

illuminating the barren ground below

stardust trail revealed to childlike eyes.

........................................................Up

...........................Up

Up

Hasten to the sky, its artificial light

beckoning from eternity’s incandescent abyss

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Come back down!

The stars still hang above the ground

veiling the mystery of siren fallacy

Down

.........................Down

....................................................Down

climb to save the shards

of one last dream

to shut this hinged door in the sky;

Empyrean’s greatest disguise.