can you (breathe)
in the darkness?
can you (inhale)
the dark
and (exhale)
the illusions and smut
to capture the oxygen.
we do not have filters.
if one must (breathe) to live
through these dark hours until
the light burns pure again
the air
can we not light a candle
so that those surrounding us
and we
can (breathe)
in the light
-while the smoke
joins the darkness.
no.
there’s nothing natural pure
that when burned
is not again one
with dark
and blackness.
and light is not itself air
to (inhale)