Times like these
when the wind is whistling through my empty chest
when the recalcitrant organs within
are doubling me over
in a perfect bow, heaving me over the edge of the earth.
times like these
i remember
thousands of years past, thousands of lives lived
thousands of wretched souls prostrate at the feet of their lovers.
a shared quest until the end.
holding me up, urging me forward.
history.