inhaling smoke I pondered tomorrow.
exhaling like a factory
a mouth of ash, cinder.
the dark cool air opened my lungs
and made me breathe.
while the stars sang sweetly with light,
the moon-shine bathed me
and my spirit rose to my mouth.
the air was water in my skin
and I was swimming
under the street lights
oh the sky was liquid
and the ink sank into my pupils
and my eyes were the sky!
and my mind was the sky!
i nestled the earth in my embrace,
i felt the stars burn my flesh
the planets were in my hair
the universe had grasped me,
my love was essential, my warmth needed
i shook loose all existence and leapt away,
but all there was;
a black hole
