drink more water

take all your pills

there’s death in every direction

don’t call it closer

don’t ignore it

don’t set it on the counter and forget

look at your lover

are snipers aiming for her head

will he end up praying behind bars

will a bomb or storm swallow the babies

maybe    yes they are all in danger

and you too    caught in the crosshairs

and everyone you love, loved, will love

even your enemies

they self-inflict devastation and terror

they don’t care about your heart

their lines pulse in busy absence

they have to kill everything

 

so      eat more leafy greens

get your cardio in

sit sweating with lost eyes in a bathtub

this is your apocalypse

more worlds are dying than you can count

and as a speck in the mighty universe

you feel responsible

your therapist calls this grief ego

which makes you feel lonely   wild

but without therapy

you might become dangerous

lava with no exit    no relief

or brittle shards of self slicing within

or a skin bordered storm

thunderous   historic

some new bone deep pain every hour

a destructive day that becomes an era

 

but isn’t this life?

does the enemy  /  do the violently neutral

live without feeling the threads

splicing the world between us?

do they never wake up

clawing at these threadbare thoughts

that only ever seemed brilliant

to those with limited horizons?

don’t we all need to pull them apart

and gather enough to weave something

new      carefully?

your teacher says prophets see the

simplest truth   and say it out loud

and are always called mad

especially when the truth is undeniable

so    find people to weep with

people who speak plainly

who listen with questions

who will forgive you

you are a mess    you will be

 

go    take out the garbage

put the laundry away

notice the season is changing with you

make love as often you can

alone and together    just honestly

let orgasm obliterate the wrongness

everywhere   and even within

let life bloom just for a moment

steal the sleep and share it

you will wake up

there will still be worlds falling apart

and worlds being born

and you will still care too much

you are a seed full of tomorrows

you always have been

you will still feel responsible

you always will

time is a loop

all ways lead this way