Empty

threats
left like flowers
at my door.
it stormed on valentine’s day
like i’ve never seen before.
another record
shatters the scales –
trees snapped back –
dogs cowered under beds –
1… 2… 3…
the seconds between flash
and thunder,
the distance you fall 
from me.
lights that flicker in the rafters,
as spiders 
spin their coffins.
i don’t know
how folks survive lightning strikes –
their blood boiling,
veins expanding
into tattooed scars.
i don’t know how i’ll survive,
my body
touched by sun –