Watching the lava flow
through these veins
and burn under my skin

The hot red river
of a life on edge

I drink a thousand gallons
to calm my heated thoughts
But nothing works

I swim in the coldest water
and cause global warming
in my fervor

Then I drown myself
in this flooded rift
between us

You stand on the shore
and watch me float away

and I
drift

and now my veins
run cool