Return: Prints and Stitched Works
Death & Starlight
on my last day,
Felix gives me a piece of staurolite he'd
found in Angel Canyon
Andrew and Evan had talked about "starlight" before
& had shown me a round chunk like
greyish-brown coal with an irridescent sheen
but the stone Felix gives me
has the naturally-occurring cruciform
shape they said existed,
small & fractured into
beautiful angles
Evan give me his blue stone skull
carved from lapis lazule,
its elongated head a deep royal blue
flecked with silver-gold pyrite
like a scattering of stars
"won't you want it?" I ask
"we can share it when I see you again,"
he says
I feel protected, looked after,
by my time here
by the gifts I've been given
I leave adorned in silver and turquoise.
death and starlight tucked safely
in my luggage