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