I Am
Blood, , urine, in order; perfume and sweat, pleasure combined
Visually impaired by smog and darkness
I can sense bodies; I can smell life and excess
The taste is overpowering and I gav
I'm quiet as a mouse, fearful, carrying a childhood companion; discomfort
The stench is alluring despite the poison and filth
Something wet and gooey underfoot, I slip and slide, bump and crash
Noise is echoed around the dark perimeter, percussion replaced by moans
On my back now cold yet warm, pain up my spine as a lumpy liquid eats me from beneath
I grapple for grip, hair and leather the recipients
Movement vibrates through the bass of my current abode
I taste smoke and spirit, feel a weight sinking me toward the depth
Words deceit of form, substitute air as I am consumed from heaven and hell
A naked chill injects, sensations dancing through my nerve endings
The monstrous swamp creature sucking my life as I start to slip out of consciousness
Click; I glimpse my true surroundings as lightning sparks
Breathing hard, body tense as release envelopes me in shuddering waves before leaving in violence
Crawling now, no knowledge it's the right path, destination a roulette
Gagging as the e and vomit reach a crescendo in my nose and throat
My body feels tainted, it's cold in here and I climb the white cliff
I hear the waterfall and breathe the spray before drinking greedily, my senses another victim as pain hits back
Naked and vulnerable I sink; noise is pain and light my enemy
Escape, warm, contented as I sink and drift, hands soft but hard, bruises respond
Peace shattered by distortion and echoes, my brain open, suffocating from weight
Fingers like vines on my neck, citrus in my nostrils as I am slowly born again
Noise, an alien tongue
I can't and won't respond, no words; a grunt sufficient
Pressure, dullness, shadowed pre-life as adrenaline courses through my craft
I am unblinded and the white is majestic; as I guide my other head down, life glugs away
My yoke steering my senses, tank replenished, I peak and demand smoke
Detoxification successes, warm and soft, I am dressed by the mirror, my sight on darkness setting
Sweet liquid in an atmosphere of birds, partnered with minute dense rocks
Guided and delivered to a haze, beautiful hair and eyes, my hub lighted well
Food for others, poison for me
Noise without meaning, building, my heart beating, senses overloaded, my dog taking me again
I am God, you are too
I love you, you me
I connect
Copyright © Aaron Mccabe | Year Posted 2022
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