“SKY COME DOWN” is a minimalist apocalyptic lament that blends elements of modern free verse with the repetitive incantatory structure of a dirge or ritual chant. The tone is despairing, exhausted, and almost nihilistic, while the voice feels isolated and pleading, as though the speaker is calling into an indifferent void for annihilation, transcendence, or release. Repetition is the poem’s central strength: the recurring invocation “sky come down” creates a hypnotic rhythm that mirrors obsession, grief, or spiritual collapse, giving the poem the feel of a mournful refrain from a post-apocalyptic hymn. The poem’s restraint works in its favor, allowing atmosphere and cadence to carry emotional weight without over-explaining its meaning. Written for the “A Shattered Cup of Doom” novella, this poem appears in the “First Shards of Broken Glass” chapbook.
“SKY COME DOWN”
these are the ruins
sky come down
come down
come down upon me
shards of broken glass
from a shattered cup of doom
sky come down
come down
come down upon me
sky come down
come down
come down upon me
what for, to come to pass
a corpse for buzzards to amass
I call out through the window of my room
sky come down
come down
come down upon me
sky come down
come down
come down upon me
sky come down
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