reaping

sometimes i see
the eyes
reaping me

now i know
i am the only one

how the heart
struggles
to beat
like a single drum
knocking steady
through
the blood of it all

sometimes i see
the world
wrecking me

i can't be the only one

how the soul
quivers
like a dove
in a torrent
driven
down into slick

all the eyes upon you
and the flame flickers
in your chest

you're not the only one

none of this
makes sense
until it's
robbing you
of death
like all of
the monsters
you thought
unreal

sometimes i see
the eyes
torn from me

now i know
i am not the only one

no matter how many
tears you shed,
it never
seems to become
entirely undone-
the matters of
what is reaping you
and the feeling
that you haven't
truly begun