coy reaper

joke’s on you reaper
i’m already dead
i’ve already known 
every song you’ve thrown 

i’m singing my own 
this so, maybe you want me 
to take souls
is that why 
you keep skipping your shadows
cross my heart and home 

but i’m not like you
i will ride the sunbeams 
especially those i follow down
to your discarded husks 
where i’ll bow then mount 
surge skyward 
glide and return 

play this flying game 
hold onto this name 
until it’s time
for you to approach me in earnest