inside these days, nights
I' unsettle engulfing
flames eat ways thru flesh, sinew, bone char.
Ashes all I know
Ash is all I feel
I've translated this
but it doesn't explain.
As if I'd a highest definition
plasma screen television.
& while happily watching a multitude of decades awaited feature film suddenly....it.....
all....
faded.
all.
faded
all.
The colors ran down the screen
Splattering into vibrant vitality
pooling on the floor.
Momentarily
both captivating & surreal.
mouth open, eyes blinking,
I stared & it hit
in a pull, in a push
reaching out fingers closed
grasping nothing, air.
plunged in
falling thru
submerged beneath
i...