afloat in hot water you a broken star and your kin marred beyond recognition still you count in the counts of the broken with us all brokenness our gateway to fragrancy swimming in still waters glints of ceiling light glittering on your arms you are a star inside a star constelling our night je suis de race inférieure de toute éternité drop limiting views you are a no one a nothing self is the world quietly brewing in a cup

jadis si je me souviens bien sitting in a circle watching a bonfire where is the gaze going turned outward returning inward inward to better see outward to illumine the effacer of traces gaze blazes on as fire burns the divide sparks fall into the sky vanishing drop back into the heart remembrance's heartbeat we are on time for the full moon of ashes tonight on time for the morning of embers she can speak now with her soft glow i can hold you within me keep you though i canno