who fashioned the universe
in the shape of a wilted
pear blossom
shaped your pelvis
after a shark’s jaw.
in the shape of a wilted
pear blossom
shaped your pelvis
after a shark’s jaw.
The same God
who created eyes
& ears
made sunlight silent
& sound invisible.
The same God
who made the stars
close enough to see
made them too far away
who made the stars
close enough to see
made them too far away
to ever reach.
The same God
who doubted His own
existence
made the silences
after words.
The same God
who broke open the gaps
between atoms & galaxies
built you a soul,
a little gray thing like a krill
swimming in your belly,
& left it hollow
so you’d hunger.
The same God
who experienced regret,
who ceased to believe,
who forgot His own face,
dove into your body
to take your hunger back,
but lost Himself
in the forest of your ribcage,
& dissolved like a pill
in your blood.
Beautiful.