tear me
from my drunken reveries
and drag me
screaming and
flailing
into the haunting majesty
of these days
tear me
away
from all my thoughts
of her
that my new nights
may beat out unfamiliar rhythms
upon the drum-set of my heart
tear me
from the safety
of my stupid cocoon
and teach me the fire-
show me how to burn
all that was
or could have been,
how to be born
again and again
in the transient splendor
of each passing
moment
my friend,
tear me
now
into the present
teach me and
teach me
everything,
everything
all over
again.