diagnosis

viewed on a label the script screaming
against a label bleached by order
five words separated by indignant colons

this is clarity this is not chaos

you have fought sterility been defined
by the denial of your heart’s drum
the soldiers of your solitude screaming

this will be okay this will be peace

those near you lilting in hashmarks
the nightingales in your thoughts
now grounded from flight by rain

this is five words this is five lifetimes

the hallways of your thoughts
have been cleared by paraphrased
static in your footsteps.