Glass Ghosts

Starwoven: A Story in Verse - Chapter 2

GLASS GHOSTS


lower decks
a dark assembly
stasis vaults
glass sarcophagi
all muted … but two

Zophia
awakening
alone
arms crossed
unreadable

pulsing
tanks hissing
thoughts stuttering in time
not
supposed to be here

two vaults
shuddered with life
out of sync

Gurdjieff
man of careful words
man of careful betrayals
Couldn’t forget.

hand hovered 
fingers twitching
as icy breath curled

Something doesn’t sleep quietly.
words heard
before

Stable.
For now.
Zophia’s gaze
Gurdjieff’s pod
slowed pulse

Some things wake
long before
they’re meant to.

forcing to leave
hesitant
sterile air
pressing her skin

silent watcher
Once me.
unbidden
unwelcome
I’ll find you.

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