a time lapse
showing a star
igniting from
the nothingness
expanding outwards
burning itself
out giving light
to a disinterested
universe only to
grow too large to
sustain itself
before collapsing
inwards in a
virudescent maw
of insatiable need
just to reignite
forcefed the same
cyclical madness
ad nauseam until
one day there is
nothing left to
use as an accelerant

when i die
quarter my heart
and bury the
pieces in lead
lined canopic jars
to ensure it
doesn’t poison
anyone ever again
these forces that
tear me apart
refuse to let me
finally fucking rest

the poetry etched
in leaking valves
of heartshatter moons
carving love letters
in celestial twinkling
the human top tettering
yet never managing to
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