...maybe

death is 

a whole

of the soul 

dialed 

collect

escaping 

through

a nostril 

like 

the life 

of a party

vacates

the tire

after all

expending

the futile

while

why

now

credit

inhaled

smoke

with

living

ghosts?

to then

condemn 

the exhale

as some final

curtain call

shouting

Villain!

life 

and 

death

both just

as much

empty

hands

filling

 #untouchable #challenge

we fall forward

gradually. I watch you from the

place where this all began, as we are dragged about,

graphed. you explain the concept of infinity

in midair, and I still do not understand,

how can we live our lives like this,

on the idea of forever, without ever

touching.

& I want so badly

to break out of these boundaries

& explore the universe. I want so badly

to know what it feels like

to live unpatterned, to move about without

function, to not know where

we are going next.

most of all I just want

to touch you, & only once.

you gaze at me from across the room

with an almost-smile and I want nothing more

than to run forward, into your arms.

but as soon as I look away

you are already gone.

you are whizzing

through the cosmos. you are embracing

this eternity, intersecting other lines,

as if you were given the promise

of no beginning or end. without

me. without

me.

without me.

Touch not the untouchable

Holiness is out of reach

Except it be imparted

Upending destiny

Not that I am worthy

To know such love

Or grace

Untouchable

Came near me

Heaven kissed my face

Absolving me entirely

Benevolent mercies

Light dawned within my darkened heart

Ever out of reach from me

#acrostic #theuntouchable