when the shadows grow up
the wall darkness falling
in like feathers we are more
the same than we are different
we bleed need love and die
all of us together or alone
all of us tied by a chord
unbreakable fired in the same kiln
same dirt god’s tears & cosmic dust
composting together
no segregation in death
none in the great beyond
none before your first breath
hate is learned eaten in small doses
until one is drowning in it bound by
its illogical confines
smelling of it like brimstone
we are taught to hate
we are the result of addition
we learn to subtract
become smaller less
than we were meant to be
cut in small pieces to
fit into boxes
separated from each other
separated easier to manage
inhaling the madness
replicating it stewing in it
reduced by it
can you see the sky?
can you tell me where it ends?
where it separates?
gapes apart?
moves away from itself?
can you see the sky?
are you standing under it
we are all there is between
today & tomorrow
can you see the sky?
can you tell me where it separates?