Heavy

I bow
and bring the necklace
over my head

The lapis lazuli stone
rests upon my chest
surprisingly heavy
in my throat

I need to sing
the blues

A soul baring
bear’s bellowing

In chorus with the Earth
do you hear it
how can you not
hear it

The ghosts of the extinct
clamoring in your skull
the dwindling wilderness
constricting your breath

The cancerous
graveyards of greed