if that's all there is,
wouldn't it be a sin
not to throw away every shard and fiber
to the pit
you only dare to stumble upon
wouldn't it be a sin
not to grip the state of bewildering desire
between your teeth
if that's all there is,
write it all about us
gather me in the palm of your hand
all at once
i have somehow managed to un-lose you
through some sort of alchemy
while finding balance among hometown riots
and a sequence of insipid repetition
if that's all there is,
leave mе to wither on the beach
i will brеak with the waves and
crumble with the sand dunes
the last time my brother lost his temper
i left him to scream on the shoreline,
eroding delicately with the rocks
and unraveling
like the kite string in the crease of his thumb
if that's all there is,
bleed more
bleed through my floorboards
and into my song
i want you to feel at home here
embellish my fingertips with
the night you carved her shape
into our vessel
and i will continue to weigh you down
with the morning i walked away
if that's all there is, is that all there is?