upward like a shriek of lightning
bursting the sky into fractured veins
the pulse of joy electric and raw
hands stretched to touch the stars
downward a plunge into unraveling dark
the rails screech their violent protest
gravity tugging harder than my heart
i fall into myself without mercy
a storm brews in my blood quietly
until it roars, breaking bones of calm
each crash shifts me closer to chaos
but i brace for the next ascent
it is both flight and freefall’s curse
an endless loop of rapture and ruin
a circuit that knows no off switch
its hum never fades, only shifts