you tell me how much

you love me, and then --

everything is clear.

I am sad. you are

content, glad. though you are

here, you are miles away.

"save me", she whispered

as her eyes silently blessed the clouds

right before she released herself to gravity

and kissed the ground below.

the world goes quiet

as you reach your hand across

to mine, taking it.

I see

bruised crescents under eyes
chapped lips screaming cries
mucus dripping down my philtrum
stubbled chin, cheeks a-glisten

hopeless, tear-streaked as they are
no hope at all, not near nor far
angled bones, where there were curves
fresh-drawn scars, from someone out of love

this is exactly what I see
right here
in the mirror.

look into my eyes.

let yourself be devoured by

these black holes --

are what will lead you within;

though you may thrash around

in bottomless vacuum,

I assure you, and I hope.

the star-shaded galaxy you find within will be

worth the lack of anything you know

as human.

###

look upon this luscious planet, sanctuary to

these red orbiting crescents.

look upon this pulsing nebula, connected

by neurons of nerve endings.

look upon this beating sun, shining

for cosmic beings like you.

###

fly into the infinite universe within me,

explore me at the speed of sound,

tug at me with strands of stars,

filling us with light.


call me home.