Nadir

i go further down with reassurance 

it is in good faith.

my body trembles with frightening regularity 

seeking to shake off stale darkness.

the stars are failed suicides

fallen yet still falling, they are not strong enough 

to brighten the night; their absence is never felt.  

i’m a failed circumstance of your life and mine 

i go further down with reassurance 

one day i will hit rock-bottom and fall no more