Hellflowers

we have all

passed within

through the flames 

and the dark

we’ve all suffered 

and been 

hollowed out

down

into the emptiness 

I reach my arms

far into the black well

into the cosmos

without stars

these days 

it feels like 

it goes on forever

but a jungle of dark flowers

is rioting in the place

without light

we have learned

how to seed the beds

with beauty

even in hell