hurting / healing

why do we hurt each other in this way and that? like we need it to live. addicted to pain. setting traps as if we were in canada. digression. indiscretion. exposure. need to feel the deep lacerations of your fingernails. so we let it. inflict. like putting our mouths to the tail pipe to have sweet dreams.

why are we healing each other in more ways than i thought possible? because this is new. the tower is crumbling and all we have is each other. standing on the edge of a toppling world. stars being born and dying all the time. we are brave. i hold you in my hand. trembling. safely.

no more running.

staying.