Sea Sick

Dear Sun,
Sometimes I miss you
Wish the clouds would part
And the gray-washed
Pale blue sky
Would show some signs of life

But there's a storm brewing
On the horizon
All the birds are screaming
As the earth rumbles
Underneath us

And I wonder just what it is
That's made the universe so mad
That it's hailing ironies
And coincidences down

The air thickens
And the seas swell
The ground rips up
Tears form
Like stretch marks
That've been supersized
And I've always bee
Hiding in the closet
With my eyes closed
Wishing that everything
Would just stop

But life is like an ocean
You gotta ride that wave
And don't think you know
Where it's going
Cause you don't
It's just up and down
Along those swells
Making the most
Of the debris
As it passes you by
And apparently
Be grateful for this
That you don't get
Sea sick
Every time

Fire/Metal

My ability to hurt is boundless
I've discovered
Through a face
That aches
And cracks
In heretofore
Unknown places
From so many tears

A universe of sorrow
Birthed on an island
Where I can both
Long so desperately
And hate so thoroughly
For the same being
In the course
Of one afternoon

Seemingly insignificant
It's funny how
These new bruises
Land heavy footed
On those same
Tender places
Where blood vessels broke
So long before

The body remembers
They whisper
At my meridian limbs
In the forest
The pericardium aches
While I curl up inside you
Starved to be fed
With the source of deprivation

And once those
Carefully woven threads
The walls of surety
That keep the monsters out
And the silence in
Come unwoven
We are back to that
From which we have run
All along

So I stand here
On the edge
Of light and dark
Of rock over ocean
Of the blade of a knife
Heart in my hands
And I search
Back arched
And arms outstreched
Deep into those recesses
Through sailor's curses
Memorized lines
And seaweed
For that kernel
The glowing orb
Of unambiguity
That is my own will
To hang on to
To grow anew