When Love is Gone

BY JENNIFER SIMMONS


Unwind yourself so that every moment

you spin, your skin is a bird’s skin and

you can never land

until you have rearranged every part of yourself.



Let your soul revolt inside

and smile only when the mirrors become transparent glass

and we no longer deflect our most secret selves

so that the grain of sand is just the mud that made us.



Scare yourself into sweetness

Sing yourself into darkness

Bring yourself to the beyond and back again.