creation like an all-consuming fire
splintering sense of self until a chest fills with bone shards
aspirating vomit / spitting up blood
if only for the sake of the
tradition
sounds like suffering / smells like delusion
feels like an unexpected weight
and yet it is better than the silence
the silence before / the silence after
is this love?
is this love?
is this love?
is this it?
is this it?
is this it?