inside out

outside
the world burns
engulfed in its
effluence

and inside my room
the world burns
devoid of its
impotence

outside
the world slides away
crumbled
and forgotten

and inside my head
the world slides away
something alien
and forlorn

outside
the world grinds its young
slowly
without mercy

and inside my coffin
the world grinds its young
soil turns ash
to worms

outside
the world fades
illusory smoke
and vagaries

and inside my hell
the world fades
into black and
white photos

outside
the world continues
a lumbering giant
a limb-torn tree

and inside my failure
the world continues
cloistered
and recalcitrant

outside
the world enters another age
without me
without you

and inside my crisis
the world enters another age
forgetting you
forgetting me