Madison Zehmer: genesis
genesis
I took a bite of the sun once / let it collapse inside /
a celestial unbecoming:
protostar into bloodmarrow /
gamma-ray ichor into nerves /
supernova into acidbones /
and God said let there be light, and there was light.
the photosphere calling skinghosts home / and the core
propelling glare into matter / waking sungiants from rest
stirring fractals of star in varicose veins / tumbling lights
rising from astral graves /
cradling hands / molting into radiance
molting into song
Madison Zehmer is a sometimes poet and educator from North Carolina, living in NYC. She loves music, history, Judaism, and cats.