Love Song for the End Times

from Face the Terrain by Stephanie Catlett

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Hold yourself together
Control is all that matters
And the wise men gasp
At the light spilling out of your cracks.

Keep only what’s needed
Artery and seed
Scattered on the floor of your body
Empty as the lies you believed
Unsteady earth lurching under your feet
Slipping over the edge of nothing.

Who will ever reach you
In your catacomb.
Where your softness turns to stone
Where you face your monsters alone
Making yourself hollow
Weightless at the edge of nothing.

I am reaching my hand
Through your broken rib
Maybe something will give
We’ll find a way to bring the lives that we live
To an understanding place
Broken edges interlaced
Holding hands at the edge of nothing
Looking over the edge of nothing.

Stay around
Stay in time
Keep your light
Sewn to my side.

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from Face the Terrain, released February 5, 2024

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