Whole
What was it that fell
from the sky
and took my breath with it
down to the sea?
The horizon swallowed it whole.
A life slivered on a china plate
for a party worn out
from its pleasure?
or a vestibule made for a shallow audience.
The offering of my soul.
And I looked. And looked.
(held the ashes in my hands
and held my breath)
For Love (a sea of it)
to swallow me whole
and be empty no longer.