Oh, To Sail Amongst the Stars, In A Raven Sea

I took a boat across a lake

where galaxies reflected on the surface

and a single swipe of my hand

put ripples in the universe

I once knew a girl who lived in an hourglass house

with hourglass windows

and hourglass walls

and she sat and waited

while sand fell over her

filling up her hourglass house

for something

anything

to happen

And soon her breath became sand

and her thoughts became sand

and she, herself, became the sand that settled around her

because she was too busy

waiting

and thinking

to live

And as I sit in my boat

on a lake full of supernovas

I realized how the hourglass girl

was trapped in her hourglass world

unable to reach infinity

I have crickets composing symphonies by the shore

and bullfrogs harmonizing in the shallows

and ghosts dancing the night away

in the silhouettes of moon-laden oak trees

I have a lake of constellations at the tips of my fingers

and, yes,

it's not so hard to touch the stars

when they’re right beneath your feet

Reviews

[Stacy Purvis]

This is beautiful and fantastic. The imagery is incredible. The words draw the reader into another world of endearment and magic on your lake of constellations.
Only one correction, that of tense: "And as I sit in my boat

on a lake full of supernovas

I realized how the hourglass girl" Sit implies Present tense, Realized implies past tense,
Choose one. ; )
Lovely read.