«speed»

everywhere around me
everything i see and hear
whatever there is near
is a useless catalyst
for the infernal speed
i strive to gain

only you—
when you're next to me
while my foot is floored—
give me that extra curl in my toes
that makes chaos of all gases
and propels me to speeds faster
than my tongue can speak a word of love, of thanks—

—thus... with you beside,
even an utterance deep and abysmal
remains but vacuous and void...