Saturday, November 24, 2012
Friday, November 23, 2012
feet don't fail me now
I see my bloody footprints in the sand, only
realizing they are mine in my dreams. Scarred
landscapes have trapped my heart in a shell
of lonely depravity and silence. She only whispers
when I beat upon her breast with my callused fists.
That angry scowl reflects in a mirage I wade through
amid storm clouds and dark reflections revealing
my unforgotten past. A shower would be a blessed
relief but each drop reminds me of gory
stumps and limbs floating in the pools of Hades.
The gun's been cocked for a decade now as
I scrape at the canvas looking for color and truth.
But it runs and bleeds the farther I infant-walk through
this burning desert, passing the tombstones of love and
hate with my dirty name on each one.
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