I don’t know when I stopped
trying to close the distance in your eyes.
However strong my halved limbs,
some places are too far and far gone
to run to.
Once upon a time, I named all my bridges perseverance
and built them unpermitted
in your heart stream.
You never halted construction
then let me solo dive my days away.
Deep in that blue, I never found a bottom,
and treading water is the same as running in place.
So, I grew matchsticks for finger tips
and swirled gasoline in my mouth,
spit flames with the same urgency
I once hammered points for your favor.
It took me 20 something years to learn to live in this temple,
I don’t have that kind of time to convince worship in yours.
I’m catalyst, you’re muse and too polar for harmony.
We never stood at the same time on even ground.
Here now, the sky displays forever fire
and opens behind me burning.
I have no place to go
but further away.
Aug 28, 2014
Aug 28, 2014 at 10:48 AM UTC
I don’t know when I stopped
trying to close the distance in your eyes.
However strong my halved limbs,
some places are too far and far gone
to run to.
Once upon a time, I named all my bridges perseverance
and built them unpermitted
in your heart stream.
You never halted construction
then let me solo dive my days away.
Deep in that blue, I never found a bottom,
and treading water is the same as running in place.
So, I grew matchsticks for finger tips
and swirled gasoline in my mouth,
spit flames with the same urgency
I once hammered points for your favor.
It took me 20 something years to learn to live in this temple,
I don’t have that kind of time to convince worship in yours.
I’m catalyst, you’re muse and too polar for harmony.
We never stood at the same time on even ground.
Here now, the sky displays forever fire
and opens behind me burning.
I have no place to go
but further away.
