Maya

Our bodies are temporary, let it be known:

from the start, we start to lose them.

Depreciating vehicles stuck under snow,

shoveled out without illusion.

Try to breathe like you breathed

on your very first try,

like you’re filling you up

with an ample supply for goodbye...

Our bodies are temporary, let it be shown

thru summer evening fading daylight:

violet tissue, into flesh,

into bone, into dust,

into brightest, blackest midnight.

Try to see like you’ll see

at your very last light,

like you’re watching a flood

from a comfortable height for goodnight...

Try to breathe like you breathed

on your very first try,

like you’re filling you up

with an ample supply for goodbye...