Heart States

Blood-full, swollen Ripe with hunger of all varieties Fevered, sweltering A sweaty temple Rusted, cobwebbed Unswept and unwashed Distant, Left swinging In the wind, far from notice Heat lightning! Strike the ground! Boil, tumble, the shape of your mouth! Fire, fire, red fire! Melting to the bone.. Oh, oh, oh! Before, during, after! All the time! More, more, more butterflies More everything, more throbbing, heaving! Oh god, can't stop laughing! .. Failed, glass-blown thing Knocked off the edge of a ship Filling with silt, cement and bile Smothered, frozen veins, locked into place, eyes closed Too tired, too heavy To utter another word Peeking through a keyhole Moving around in the chrysalis Thinking, only a little, about Reaching out, or in, or in between Sleepy but curious, again Flesh is building up, maybe it's time to come down stairs for breakfast