Relic Radiation

Shade moves with the Earth. 
Steller lights etch prisms 
into the sphere of breath. 
Florid scenes of birth 
far older than Helios 
tumble forth. 

A star removed itself 
to space as fingers darkened 
running shapes 
with coal upon stone. 
Relic radiation! 

One star removed itself 
to space as fingers darkened 
running shapes 
with coal upon stone. 
Its pristine, scattered globe 
smolders from another sky's night. 

My irises swarm 
the blue-white mantle where abides 
blood's primeval residue.