rocky spine

My spine is a knotted rope,from which,
you could hang if you'd like,
that dangles for cats to scratch at
and catch and cling to.

And what if today,
I am supposed to jump off of a burning bridge.
What if my heart is supposed to skip a beat
and stop.
My fate is not up to you.
My fate, it's mine.
I am the only one who can interpret these signs.
It's my fate, all mine.

I'm going to miss sitting on that porch.

Don't do anything;
just come back to me.

Words for a tombstone:

It's so beautiful here.

And when the day arrives I'll become the sky and I'll become the sea and the sea will come to kiss me for I am going home. Nothing can stop me now.

-Trent Reznor

Among men and women, those in love do not always announce themselves with declarations and vows. But they are the ones who weep when you're gone. Who miss you every single night, especially when the sky is so deep and beautiful, and the ground so very cold.
-Alice Hoffman

A wind has blown the rain away and blown the sky away and all the leaves away, and the trees stand. I think, I too, have known autumn too long.
-E.E. Cummings

A screaming comes across the sky. It has happened before, but there is nothing to compare it to now.
-Thomas Pynchon

A certain recluse, I know not who, once said that no bonds attached him to this life, and the only thing he would regret leaving was the sky.
-Kenko Yoshida