chain smoking

a moment
echoes around the houses
and lights up a face
no tears
just fears
and a burning world between her fingers
barefoot she wishes
to be as graceful as the smoke
leaving her lungs
dancing around her
disapprearing into the night sky
leaving her for stars
ash falls to the ground
burning throat
she sighs
she's breathing in her death
welcoming it into her body


written july 18 at 2:59 am 2008