I Saw the Sky

I saw the sky,
So unnaturally lit
Swallowed stars like coldly burning coals in bulging bellies,
Shrunken eyes in sunken sockets,
Dark bruises like the broad swipe of a painter's brush.
I cannot escape you, even in my head; and the perturbing part is I don't know you yet.

I saw the sky,
So unnaturally bright
That wicked shade of blue has no business being now.
Scratching the quicksilver itch with fingers of red liquid Mercury,
Sliding underneath my skin to make my body its sepulchre,
So snake-like in motion with eyes like the ocean.