
buried under a pine-cone avalanche
drop the needles
Red timber stands
dockside
sunrise, sunset
flame licks this to copulate my divining rod
parallel universes
falling further towards nothing than imagined
ride this pale horse on
into the sunset or towords this end,
this sickness,
this sleep,
this station.
Burial grounds under a thousand bones
Flower petals frail under the weight of heat
the flood of molten ash to bury
holding on to what is precious to you
that was to me
you were to us
fall out winter in grey clouded heads
a choice to live is
a choice to live so hard it hurts
this is not mine
nor the angel
but we give in to nothing less than that
if i die before i wake
wake before i die
sleep before I rest
and care every day non the less.
yet sleep is a cousin of death.