If life were truly mine
I’d burn through its days
With a white hot fury

Never leaving an instant
To wither unsustained
Leaving no hour starved
In want of life’s true fervor

If time were merciful
Patient, generous and kind
I’d take to the waves
Untethered
From the brute wrath of fear

Alone
These dreams
Consume,the fire bathed skies
Burdening my tired eyes
With perpetual torment

Alone
On the verge of collapse
I cradle the refrain:
If life were truly mine