I forcefully pulled away
and sewed myself together.
They screamed, cried that day
reminding me I said forever.

But nothing is forever

There was enough to go around
this whole god damn town,
but they were both too greedy.
Depressed, lonely and needy.

I forcefully pulled away

They both grab an arm,
Life takes hold of the right
Death proudly claims the left.
Pulling 'til I split at a cleft.

There was enough to go around

Until they fell head over heels
for a poet pothead they call prophet.
I said stop it, I'm not here to heal.
They ignored me with childish squeals.

They both grab an arm

And that’s when I understood
the secret of Life and Death.
They were once lovers
who simply swung with the rest.

Until they fell head over heels

She rubs my ankle
with the toe of her shoe.
Confessing to me,
“It’s all been for you.”

And that’s when I understood

We sit and have a talk
about our former affair.
She asks about Life
as if she actually cares.

She rubs my ankle

Something dies tonight.
What, I cannot say.
I greet Death with
a glass of Alizé.

We sit and have a talk

I am the product of a love
between a ray of light
and a black hole which
engulfs all in-sight.

Something dies tonight

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End Month Nine

I am Death's regret.
Future mistakes
like unfelt earthquakes
that the past forgets.

I am the product of love