Hypoglycaemia and the Blue Light
Dull as a pool of mud
Grey and stale in their attention
Seeking out the diamond in the rough
Shining a benevolent get well soon
Shine a blue light, shine it big and bold
Fearless, fall upon me in thick reaching blue
Shine a light upon me; I am coming in to land
Wave the semaphore signals, you siren
Shine a light, they have come ashore
The landed gentry, dressed in red as deep as blood
Foreign faces carrying the quirks of Gypsy caravans
They shift a deep gaze, bars behind bars of eyes upon eyes
Stare, silence all save for deep drawn breaths, I faint
Edging closer and beaming eyes, hands and mouths
Thick as a whitewash, a flood of red coated flames of blue
Shining down upon my pretty little veins, they
Collapse under the pressure, a frontier
Surrounding, tongues a wave of Verbal Ocean
Flicking left, right, up, down, washing shame in saliva
As I gather my marionette arms and legs
Demanding under spotlight, Puppet Master, take me back
Gaggles of giggling salt towers, stood as tall as infinity
For all the salt in the sea, what I would give for a handful
Of sugar coated faces, embarking closer as I rise, up, up, up
The blue light dimming then dooming, hypomania tinged
With a slight touch, a full face punch of hypoglycaemia
A kick to the teeth as my body gets heavier, heavier
Breaking under the weight, I am coming in to ground
Copyright © Nathaniel Köhp | Year Posted 2009
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