atmosphere


I know what it is     (I've figured it out)
the sky has been hanging low
        lately
the clouds are close to
        snagging or
        catching on something
hovering in a manner which
could be described as dense
        for a while it seemed endless
        like I was looking into space itself
        the sky used to open and let everything
        spill through
        until nothing was left but
        blue and
        shine
but now it's shrinking and pressing
down upon me

        I could reach up and brush the
        simple white smears away or
                maybe
        they could descend upon me
                and in a
        swift, silent motion
        suffocate me
      in dreamy poison