Only Love Keeps Us Aflame Poem by Mark Heathcote

Everyone flickers in and out
we all have friends that logout
time is our fickle friend
right up until the end.

Only love keeps us aflame.
There is no fault or blame
we each catch a bullet
death, it-can't-be cushioned.

Connected vertically, I love you
every breath shared was overdue.
Everyone flickers in and out
we've all had friend's lover's logout.

We all decline it's, just entropy
we can't change our destiny
it'll take us all by the hand,
it's just a matter of time, sand.