Take what you need

Or all you can save;

All you ever wanted will burn in a blaze.

Look not for the ending -

The end is unmade;

All you ever lived for will carry these days

Far beyond the ties of time.



The shrill streaks of morning ignite some closing loss

And the silence speaks more human weight

Than you've ever known;

For words are like weapons

That only will disclose your weakness.



But all that was breaking,

All that was stone,

Are as far beyond you as the stars;



As far beyond them as you are.



Whatever love will take apart

Beyond these precious moments,

These alone are undivided;



And when the night holds weight,

Pouring unfamiliar pain

In black sheets of separation -