You will always be
you inside a dark theater
Watching yourself, you
adrift in your
effortless durability, you,
so mannered in the face
of the apocalypse, you
Watching yourself on the
Surveillance video, you
(even before you
raised the axe) –
Smoldering in the crucible,
your story transcribed in
blasphemies, standing
At the top of the stairs, you
Hatched into this frame, you
on the cusp of an endless
patience, an emptiness promised
In the writhing page, in the
prophecy, the
distress call tautology, you
the sole beneficiary,
A glimpse from outside time,
There’s never been a man
so unprepared.
Jesse Miksic is a graphic designer and writer living in Peekskill, New York. He spends his life writing poetry, nursing unfinished projects, and having adventures with his wonderful wife and daughter. His creative endeavors can be tracked on Twitter and Instagram (@miksimum) or on his personal website, www.miksimum.com