a riotous quietus

2009-08-10 | 3:58 p.m.

i want to wake up indefinitely
i want to laugh unabashedly
speak openly, swear solemnly
i want to make love passionately
grasp, breathe, weep
for the first time ever.
and i am sure
that if i do
the sun will rise
in a moment of glory-
elysium manifest!
and the light will break
shameless, radiant
cutting through the cracks
crumbling my hands and home
until everyone sees me
for the first time ever.

and then i will be lost.