Member Poem

There’s a black hole in the middle of me
and it’s swallowing all the stars.
Did you hear me?
I said it’s swallowing all the souls.

(There’s a reason I keep my limbs
so far away from yours.)

You can see it on a sunny day,
the empty inside of me.
You can watch me in the bitter rain
as I eat each flash of lightning.

(My heart pumps liquid thunder
these days. All that burning
needs somewhere to go.)

I blend in on sightless nights,
if the moon deigns to leave me be.
In the darkness, I am boundless,
the shadows hide the seams.

(But I don’t know why you stick around
when you know well what I am.)

Darling, there’s nothing here to see
besides dead stars and destruction.
I am cosmic, catastrophic,
God’s great unkept promise.

(Oh, I want to learn your love
but I know I’ll tear you apart
if I dare to even try.
So I won’t.)