Thursday, January 30, 2025

BEST CASE SCENARIO

What we 
wish for 
most of all 

in the darkness is 
a surrogate—
a twin 

who'll suck the poison 
from our ache 
with a kiss. 

But perhaps there is 
a reason our unease 
cannot be claimed: 

anxiety can never be 
extinguished—
just revised; 

languor and fatigue, 
once overhauled, 
are reinstated.

One can't just "go around"
the abysses
of experience—

each chasm 
must first be 
forded, 

then surveyed—
and finally 
named.