"final showdown."

static,
shaking breaths,

bitter, bitter, bitter.

buzzing,
unsure.

a crack, dark -
unseen.

he’s here,
rain,

pouring, pouring,
black,

blacker,


blackest,

stop.

breathe.

in, out, in, out, in, out.

he is finished.
sweet lavender drips from your lips
and you feel yourself
give out.


it is done.