love & war

in the spirit of purging, i found this in a filing cabinet
written long ago, its truth buried deep
i weep and wonder what i stowed
from back in 2007

i've walked through darkness
etched against my soul
i carry, stoically, swollen, and silent
sometimes crossed, my
warrior emerges, caterpillar
no more i spread
you across the globe
vicious, villain, vulgar
i become, succumb, and
reduce both of us to
splintered seeds of anger:
riot we converge
into a symbiotic, static
stasis; we watch
as (d)evolution encourages us
to make amends
(we swallow, a lot)
channel our force (fullness)
into planetary alignments
captured by self-expression
radiance reaches, teaches outer limits
enjoy we bask in
our forgotten nature this
the story of love & war
boys, peace, piety, and
puberty