big bang

or: between the lines of text messages.

u r nowhere close 2 Forgiven

unfolding your message
like the map it is not,
i translate:
u r hopelessly lost.

unforgiven and aimless,
i'll buck against the straps of
your grudge.

as i chafe, you'll bruise;
i'll be
sorrier.

rampantly
sorrier.

i'll stomp
every wrong i've done
into the shit and mud and straw.

i'll snap and bound and
vault like a brahma;
u r still just a jackass.

i'll rage
against this stasis.

bellowing
my humanity,
i'll absolve
my own damn self.

here:
is my guilt,
cast off, undigested, shining
pearl of
you-were-right.

forgive me
or don't--
your anger is tiny
against stars.

it is a firefly
in a universe
born of mistakes.

you
are right

and i
am infinite.