there was a flash of light followed by chaos on the night the moon struck my backyard there was a flash of light followed by silence and a deep desire to dust my chin with a finer ash and the air got cold and the sky got dark and i kissed your lips with the safety off there was a flash of light followed by whiteness and i held you there in the rose tint click when the street lights dim and my eyes got black and my breath got cold and my eyelids screamed tight and my arms they run