it is tempting but incorrect
to think of yourself
in this way
(you are not the oyster,
you are the pearl)
and this hollow is nothing
unless you shine a torch
lighting empty depths
still: it seems full
at least in the dark
(you cannot live there,
your body still holds you)
building the ground you stand on
building hands to grasp you
digging dirt with foraged tools
building a star to orbit
(you do not see this coming,
you prepare for the siege)
it is tempting but incorrect
to think of yourself
in this way
take the dirt & fill the hollow
take the light & leave the hands
(you will not fail,
you never have)
mattress dungeon 