I once swallowed the world

and let the world swallow me

the bells went still    silenced for thee

  First I swallowed the sky 

its burning clock

and with it the prints   benign grown flock 

  Then sailing above 

in the deepest of blue 

looking down the rope   where I once was you 

  I want to touch the scar

of your unborn child 

the one much loved   now still kept wild

  I ate your loss 

your failures and fears

devoured the void   between your years

  I swore to swallow the world

with our undone 

and in its fold   a raging sun 

  So do not blame 

the wasted rules 

the merry hymns  were made by fools