everglow of confusion

where do we go from here

now that words are lost like trinkets

in sudden earthquake

and silence swarms us like vultures

of a hallow prayer.



I thumb through your layers

as you unfold like leaves

from the stem,

your jaw prying, showing

your teeth off like stars

stumbling gravely through orbit.



In your struggle you are like

the heat that runs through my veins,

like the tears that refuse to drip,



something i do not understand,

such as the wondering of \"why's\"...

why I am allowed to

feel my heart beat at all.



You leave me reaching out

for more projecting confusion.