loosen your grip
I've a headache
bred from meaningless words
loosen your tongue
from my mouth
extract truth
time slips by
waving, floating
assuring
i'll be fine
there's an old chest
in the attic
full of elephant tongue
which I inevitably
trip over
you remain a whisper,
flittering within
my eyelids
i would dig a trench
lay down roots
if i thought it would
help anchor these thoughts.
outside,
smoke rises,
i bleed-
you laugh.
a human wick
soaked through,
lying in wait
so close to those
damn elephants
sharing the room
saturated with knowledge
truth finally spills
bloody blazing burn
moth wings lit then freed
blackened scars
mar the needlepoints
dappled cheeky pattern
we've arrived at an impasse,
i am stuck to earth
futile attempt
to soar towards heaven,
away from ashes
while you ruthlessly gaze down
upon splendor of milky mountains,
honey valleys, starlit secrets
ocean hushes sky
fading, sinking..
i aim my voice
mock the horizon
truth easily warped
lost,
carelessly handled
brittle bones of truth
s h a t t e r.
you have found me
heard screams
which enveloped my throat
strangulated words
choked out in bits
and pieces
at last
you've come.
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