Hole In The Hedgerow

Pearls turned into shark eyes

Then stared at nothing at all

To the edges of this world

I wonder if I’ll see the same thing

As when their light got there

Maybe we see nothing at all

If it feels cold?

A chill that hugs all my bones

Like lying in blue snow

If it hurts?

Like how it hurts to hold my breath underwater

Maybe we feel nothing at all

Will I know my name?

Or be snuffed out like a flame

As anything that has ever burned

Candles, stars, and hearts

Exhausted burned away

And became nothing at all.