b(urn)t

the moon and earth were born from breaking

so it is no wonder we hurt so much

realizing soon

how sad it is

that the earth and moon cannot hurt

but still break

like us against the loneliness of our birth

*

with total fire

it is common to mistake the smoke

for clouds of rain

*

there is no there there

only a momentary here

right now

where you can get better

if you just write and write and write

and then read it all back

some time later

saying how momentous it was

over there

*

it will end you

and in part

that intensity

made you start it

apart from what you knew

in the beginning of maybe

i don’t know

i probably shouldn’t

but