the chains are tight around us

binding me to you

and you to me

and we can see the smoke,

and we can hear the roar.

ill go out hand in hand with you,

a raging inferno,

a monstrous blaze,

that eats the soot and ash and metal whole

and spits out nothing but charred bones.

maybe in time we'll be alive again

and bloom with the new flowers

and i'll see amaryllis in your smile

and poppies in your teeth

and daisies pushing out of your ribs

and eyes flashing with chrysanthemum

a carnation for every heartbeat when i thought of you

millions and millions overtaking the metal skeletons

your voice is soft against my skin

a quiet lullabye,

a ballad meant for me,

a sonnet sung in smoke and ash.

i can feel it in my lungs, devouring me whole.

and i know there is no glory in this bonfire.

we'll go out like atomic bombs.

i can see the mushroom cloud approaching.

it's better like this.

every failure scorches in my bones,

every one i ever loved sets my blood aflame.

the world changes.

we will not.

i'm afraid of what will happen

when we meet those gods in kingdom come.

hold my hand at the end.