In the end the Angel folded her wings
and let her body fall through the cold air toward cruel stone
till at last she sparks and catches flame and crashes down into a turbulent sea
hair ablaze shedding burning feathers the color of a thousand sunsets
The power of wind and sand and the grinding of gears.
Grinding of the years.
Mining radioactive ores in the arid desert beneath blue winter skies
Mining ochre in the desert at night under a full moon
Draining substance from veins of color in the desert under a full moon
Echoes of moon pools on a desert floor.
Moon pools under desert stars