re pair

you say that

i am beautiful for

having been broken

for the little light that filters through

like a world being created

am i only me

to you

when i am creating

destruction

*

you can do

all

you can do

and still

it will not be enough

for even the most delightful dream

is slaughtered by morning

and even the most dreadful dawn

slips into a yawning afternoon

*

do not minimize

you are the universe

as its most current

maximum

*

but

all that has been

has been because of

but

*

i am tired

from memory

though they are all

i have after i am

fully spent

from memory

and all they

are after