Crave the lie.
Die with such delight.
Invade yourself.
Venerate your safe space.
Undo the bonds
that trapped you in the fold.
No one good
ever grows old.
Trust only that
you will let go.
Trace amazing ways
across the stars.
No one
will ever know your face,
they will only know you
by your scars.
When you’ve given way
to everything
and there’s nothing left of you.
Spread out,
like oil upon the ocean,
but your whole world
is just a tide pool.
One day,
you’ll open your eyes
and see
that you believed a lie.
That’s what they pray
for you;
to be saved
from drowning, too.
Fits and starts,
we fall apart
and crumble to the ground.
The crashing waves
take away
every other sound.
You can only live
until you die,
between the ocean
and the sky.
The only way
you’ve ever known.
We pray,
the current
brings you home.
DJR – 2023
