Bargaining with Energy
Performing compulsive acts
Of paper fire affirmations
Begging Hope to stay
Though wishes crumble
At the edge of embankment
Before a saltless sea
How will I not fracture to dust
As whistles howl between my ears
Offspring scattered far away
Which threads are severed
Or saved on spider's web
No one feels the gavel
Under left hand upon my chest
As the Judge's words commence
I see myself under over head
Wondering again will I breathe
Skin of my arms won't reach
To shield their eyes
Pulling them close to me
Still seeds scatter
Paint a landscape
Where birds sing to Hope
Even over barren concrete
