When I think of us as a natural disaster, I mean a disambiguation
People assume you’ve died when they see me.
The truth isn’t worse, but
it’s just as bad. You are
alive, gone, all I had and
***
I want the day to mimic my mood
but even a forest
fire can’t match the feeling.
It is not a natural disaster. There is no
process. Causeless. Like a child
I try to roll out the flame
but it consumes me still
and the next step is
***
I didn’t know about space
disasters, though I suppose solar
flares and asteroids count as blameless.
I don’t want to be careful anymore—
your last laugh was fake.
It’s sad that madness is boundless.
If I was to live above everyone else
with only a single tether, then
***
Today I close my Wikipedia tabs
and point my thermometer at each breathing wall.
I map the temperature of the room
and everything is blue.
Where