rupture

i heard that you took yourself away,
and you thought it would be better,
far away and safely sleeping,
a clean white sheet for a revolutionary
to wrap around his body and cry to the gods...

and then i let my life slide so gently from my pocket,
so that i could tell myself that you were alive,
but the pale white light fell away,
and suddenly the world was falling into a chorus,
and it was only a moment in time
that saw it rent in two.