Below where I find cool streams of water Wading down my face And accidentally inhaled until the salt Calcifies in my lungs Preserving the state I'm in from the inside Face value I take, as all others do, and run Making assumptions that I've been doing well Clear skin, done hair, and shiny teeth While swallowing blades that tear My heart and my stomach asunder Tenderizing the callouses I left uncared for Until the ever-still feelings paralyzed me, Meat turned into paste that would take One attentive hug or embrace of passion Or perhaps just a hand on the shoulder To vacate the cavities of mine, Those hollow spaces claustrophobic yet An inescapable home to every drop of Blood sweat tears and urine and brain matter Sloshing around like a punch bowl to the gut Eddy currents tossing me around And causing the worst vertigo, imbalanced and thrashing My ears 'til they're blocked up and I can't Hear the words to get it to stop. Every "I love you" from other bags of meat Just conveniently said on time for their own arrival To the crime scene I've made of my mind
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