the thing is
that when the music
beats at my temples,
when these voices
surge and crash over my head,
i lose myself in the tide;
the thing is
i have been adrift
without a compass,
sans dictionary for
the language of wind or stars;
the thing is
i have been building a shelter
out of my own life-raft
and dressing the gaps
with pieces of my soul.
the thing is—
i have been teetering and now
all of my walls
are coming
down.