fear - anxiety -
homosexuality -
race - the devil - kids

tomorrow or
in a hundred years, when I
die, the next Spring will ...

light - water - stars - milk -
cover my eyes and sleep 'til
dreams evaporate

the darkness inside
burns my hope, consuming me,
wither in the fire

my gallows tree gate
home sleeps in the moonlight, bridge
to oblivion

nuclear fallout,
the drizzle of cinders - ash -
half-life - the ruins

meaning and knowledge,
the slow accumulation,
geological