All Too Human

All too human;
the wrestling,
struggle’s symptom,
life’s dark matter
always pushing;
abyss-staring,
demons chasing,
atoms bonding;
so serious
and suspicious,
in the spotlight,
a sun through glass;
amnesiac;
unhistory;
some mistakes made;
convictions sought;
double jeopardy;
release.

Published in Collected Poems, 2016