and when i arrive i wont know anyone

everyone needs something. hands out, eyes wide, mouths open, 

starving for what i cant carry anymore.

stomachs been turned inside out too many times to hold anything steady.

love dissolves in my hands, sugarcube soft, mouth too full to scream. 

i cant catch a name without burying it- i cant hold a face without breaking it. 

theres a new silence and its louder than the old one. grief pacing the hallway barefoot, wearing familiar names.

hearts go out like streetlights. one by one. whole city gone dim.