De-Creation

Krystle Eilen

And the earth was without form, and void; . . .

And God said, Let there be light: and there was light

—Genesis 1:2-3 KJV

1.

To make a guiding star of

senselessness in extremis—is this

not a form of lucidity? Does this

not combust the mind

into utmost flames?

Engendering hence:

indwelling light.

2.

To make dense of substance

sheerest transparency, enough to hold me,

and eclipse this breakable body—

taken into confidence with

the excessive night.

Thus bodying forth:

primal darkness.

Krystle Eilen is a poet currently attending university. Her work has appeared in Ninth Heaven, Eunoia Review, A Thin Slice of Anxiety, Quibble Lit, and The Argyle Literary Magazine, among others.