ANNALS

Out of the screaming hell
of an exploding star
came dust and us.

And yet you wonder
why we are so violent.

Forgive us our games 
and our storied crimes
for it is the necessary pain
to birth
whatever is next
on this our world.

Red blood must spill
to fill the earth
with flowers
and give us a reason
to build marble halls,
filled with fallen names,
which will be forgotten.
when the sheltering stones crumble,
but it is necessary, for
you can not build tall sky towers
if you spend too much time
remembering.