sweet tooth

there was a light
and it never went out
and it's you
you, who skipped rocks on dry creek beds and puddles
you, who walked down the highway with wolves in your bones
you, who smiled, even as
armageddon whispered sweetly against your ear
gravity, as always, is working against you
trying to push you into the pavement
deep under the water, against my skin
where the insecurity ends and we unfortunately begin
never to sink and unable to swim
still
time eats away the abasement
where it's dark and you're gone
and i can't sleep
can never sleep

hell is awful bright, you know
but you promised you'd write.