SLIVERS OF SELF

SLIVERS OF SELF

The weight of nightmares

Renders one

Crushed in a corner

Crumbled to fragments

Disintegrated to splinters

Slivers of self, decomposed

Bundle of anguish

Clump of sorrow

Lump of grief

Yearn to break this

Hope to block

Oh stop this, oh stop

Wake op in this corner

Mishmash of confusion

Cluttered turmoil

Racing heart beat

A river of tears

and chatter, chatter

of teeth on teeth

Arms around shiver

Hold tight, hold tight

Slowly the room

Is a room instead of

Halls of anguish

Gradually realism

Overtakes surreal

Warm shower washes

away the last of...

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February 3, 2017