Once upon a time when I lived,
When there was you, me and catastrophe,
When you sought my surrender,
When I kept rebel,
When you made home for catastrophe,
Booms, explosions, and bangs –
We came upon a time of only catastrophe;
Catastrophe, anarchy, they came.
Your flows brought them;
I heard you calling,
Read your midnight texts.
I listened quietly as the world passed me.
You flowed along, you brought unrest,
Those things were yours;
Anarchy,
Catastrophe.
Your taste for chaos –
That once upon a time
of booming exploding banging –
You called catastrophe.
No, I said.
Surrender!
you don’t own me –
Before you me and catastrophe,
Once upon a time, I lived.
I lived alone and the world passed me.
You flowed into me
drowned my fences,
flooded my lungs,
twined around my bones –
We encountered,
My life turned over –
Once upon a time, my love.