A Very Normal Bomb

 Nothing will ever even get around to normal anymore--

it will just be new, then new, then new. 

Things can change quicker than you were prepared for,

and your temporary comfort won't be spared.

Think of it this way: someone set a time-bomb,

and it's been ticking your whole life in the background.

You could learn to live with a time-bomb.

You could even learn to love a time-bomb.

Maybe you find the ticking a reassurance--the sound

you've always heard--but softly. A little reminder of

mortality is all. But if you love something,

wouldn't you want to hold it all together? 

If you knew it could all blow apart; throw your arms around it;

try to defuse it, get to the bottom

of what makes it tick? 

What if your beloved was about to ring an alarm?

And then.

And then. 

Nothing would ever be normal again--

it would just be nothing. 

Normal was a time-bomb in your bed.

THAT is what must be unlearned.