learning to learn less

in the last sky

there was nothing but

hush and the receding

top of morning

that rustled to those

whose silence grows

on the first day

where nothing else is

besides them

and the realization

of how little

that means to them

and whatever’s left

*

meek among men

i try to tell you

that i will keep you

warm throughout the night

but i am so cold

and only human

so i don’t heat that well

even when burning

*

she tells me she

likes me

and i learn that

there’s still so much

to learn among humans

who have spent their lives

loving and being loved

and yet feel unloved

when it is there

in front of them

with ribs breaking

lungs opening

useless and bleeding love