Reaching From the Darkness
Red haze
twists and spirals
around me.
Words float about within
barely seen
through the
light stealing mist,
blindly
I reach out
snatching them
out of the air,
twirl them between my fingers
then snap them together
in perfect synchronization
so as to bring them alive,
my creation,
my monster,
scratching
at the back of your skull,
drawing
images on the back
of your eyelids,
line shifts
bring mind shifts
causing childhood fears
to resurface,
touching on something
familiar
and yet repulsive,
smacking you
with emotionally image forming
stanzas and verses,
knocking your teeth loose.
My touch on the ma cab
is sadistic
and meaningful,
sliding that grey,
oil like sludge
around in your brain
forming a meniscus
on the inside
of your cranial cavity,
marring it
forevermore.
The expressions
I throw out
dry the marrow
within your bones
causing a fragileness
to the stability of your mind.
(What if?)
And when
I reach out
from the darkness
its not just to say "hello"
but to cause
that shutter
in the back of your head.
Copyright © Mark Matthews | Year Posted 2008
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