today ii

today i watched the world melt in my arms
it drenched my skin
it filled my veins with whispers

a touch of resin seeping off wounds
brushed in me; i tasted salt, faced winds
smashing mist in blurs on my brow

i stood alone with everything as my sole companion
and a child sobbing of monstrous trivialities.

she's asleep now but everything about her
is in me wide awake.