At the End of the Road

The land here absorbs light

Inverting false hopes to night

Fault lines of reason shake thin

Grit erodes a skein of earth

To rise and become of use

A relentless motion of tongue

Deflower the nature of light

Deflower the nature of water

Realize, reflect, and refract leagues and layers grow

deeper

Like roots into the ocean

The wellspring is nailed to a chain

A lost and binding dream

Carving a reckless control

Of the knives hanging clean

From a wild and innocent grace

Stars black the blood of silence

The lightning shears the heart

Fall unto