Friend

The loss may not be great,
For I have stared death, in the face,
And even he did not suffer
To stay too long in one place.

Much like the rain drop
That drops, from the turbulent sky:
She knows not much of where she falls,
On whom, or what, or why –

The sky loses her –
Yet is not diminished by this loss;
Though he is mindful of each drop
And the weight of what it costs.

So I give you up, like he does;
It’s how and what we become that matters:
Your water is bound for withered earth,
While lightning in me, shatters.

Where I Belong

The sun will set this day,

The moon may rise at night;

Through hell, there is a way,

I may yet find the light. 

What lingers is a quaint woe,

For the night seems dark and long;

But hell has gates too, you know, 

And it’s not where I belong. 

Antimatter

It’s a small thing,
The breaking of a heart,
Yet I harp on it,
Like a wailing banshee.

Storms rise in the seas,
Tearing ships apart,
Lifting krakens
From the deep.
This breaking is
Nothing.

Volcanoes spew flames,
Engulfing whole cities.
Wars descend into chaos,
Children die by bullets.
Yet my heart
Will not understand.
Perspective is not its forté.

My mind knows nature,
Devastating in the wild
And in human culture.
So it knows the heart.
But the mind
Can never fathom
What it takes
To be antimatter.