i am the Only One who
makes fire out of rainbows,
and burns whole villages
to the ground
i am the Only One
who lives this way
i have all the stars you do
but my eyes get burnt out
i am the Only One
who sows shit in seeds
and complains when
everything comes up roses
i am the Only One
who cannot grasp
the Futility of Life
though its song i sing daily
i am the Only One
who walks this same road
day after day after day
and still gets lost
i am one of a million
who gripes ever louder
that i am the only one
who is not you.
why do i feel so alone? i feel so alone! no one can touch me. maybe they can, but they don’t. do i burn? am i that caustic? stop, i know the answer to that one. i was the first to decree it, in 740 B.C.E. (do you remember?). then why do i burn so? i burn you because i do not wish for you to be burnt. then i am like fire, and no one can know my name forever!
ache
i love you
drip
dr
i
p
kill me if you love me; see, you don’t!
no
one
thing
