Folding Table Of Contents

[lumen_essence]

up/app-end me
since in the end
i'm always over my head
and naught but referred to

some footnotes have stories
if you cared enough to read them
i know it looks like fine print
but squinting makes everything

blur to nothing
except you and I

Will you turn the page?

I'm always in the index
Waiting among definitions
To find my own
And ours as well
Or is the ghost
Wronging more than it's writing?

Quelling this quill
Only stops the words
From reaching my mouth
To reaching yours
So all I do is reach out

Until the ink runs dry