a rose by any other name | tana's namings

[Tanagerbirds]

Who are you? Who are you?
Who will you become? Who will you meet?
What will the fancy flights of subconscious sleep tell you?
What will you learn? What will you find?

[Tanagerbirds]

Fire of the sun reflected - eyes a mirror
Clear night sky to guide - eyes a window

She closes them, she still shimmers bright
She turns away, her veil the moon's light

Among the stars the dark clouds billow
Dancing sparks are what will steer her

[Tanagerbirds]

fur of tinder
hooves of flint
horns of coal
let the fire consume you
blaze a new trail and
keep fanning those flames
burn all your bridges
until the only thing left is
charred bones
and your heart of ash

[Tanagerbirds]

downy feathers covered in dust
urge to step out of your shelter
just to feel the cold of the rain
then,
petrichor
gentle light through the clouds
voices carry through the clear air

[Tanagerbirds]

The death of a tree does not bring down the forest.
The animals make it their home, bugs eat the wood to rot, other saplings take root.
New trees grow and the old trees are forgotten.
When a star shoots, falls, and crashes, the sky does not go dark.
Nothing stays forever.
I am not an exception. You are not an exception.
Get up. Keep walking. There is no mark to be made.
We move on.

[Tanagerbirds]

step forward into a bright new world
feel the eggs crush beneath your feet
you hear it dripping all around
air heavy with the scent of honey
see the black splashes on the ground
shells and skin scatter as you run
it smells like sunlight feels like tar
wade through the white bright ocean
even as you step out it soaks your coat
don't follow the light you are the light
sunbeams hang from your ribs
egg yolk thick honey sunfire blood