The Point Beyond Which Something Will Happen

You are about to experience it in its reality.
In this moment, know yourself, and abide in that state.

I lie down in a river of love
Go to the edge and fall
Plunge to the deep and hold my breath
Braced against the oncoming

I lie down in a river of blood
Go to the edge and die a thousand times
Look to the viscous barrier
I might end, I might heal this night

At the point beyond which something will happen
At the point beyond which something will occur

The morning was fine.
I saw a red dragonfly land on the wall in front of me
The words of a Hiroshima survivor,
Describing his surroundings ten minutes before the blast