...AND I'LL BLOW YOUR HOUSE IN

              

                          Hold on
to the image until
it
       takes hold of
                                       you


sears through your mind sinking
deeper than your heart
dribbles down the ancient stairway
rolls
             against
                               the doors
                                                      and


detonates
desecrating careful hidden bones
                     the unknown soldiers of
wars long forgot
branded on your soul's lens


when you close your eyes always
dancing with your ghosts


                                 always when
they're open looking back at you, but


when you reach out
always vanishing.