HOW TO HURT

I've bathed inside the northern lights.

Writhed within the frigid dawn.

Tasted the darkness of the night.

Stared forever at the sun.


I've summoned lightning from beneath.

Swam in floods of every rain.

Conversed With thunder from the storm.

Made love inside a hurricane.


I've whispered back into the wind.

Naked in the falling snow.

Breathed the fall into my lungs,

to change the color of my soul.


I've danced on broken gravity.

Walked sunset reflections on mild tides.

Devoured stars,and comet tails.

Slept on clouds of every kind.


I've painted my flesh with liquid gems.

Spun with cyclones,never tired.

Rode on earthquakes,laughed at death.

Hummed with nature,made friends with fire.


I've drifted dimensions,slept with ghosts.

Manipulated space and time.

Dove into black,and volcanic holes.

Gathered planets sustaining life.


I've given myself back to the earth.

Mastered the art of alchemy.

Though nothing will be done again.

Since you're not smiling next to me.