Sand Doom
She sunk toes into the soft unsettled sand of the blue waves ashore
Moment by moment was all she could grapple
She took one step forward, as the sand bit each nerve with coolness of the ocean
Moment by moment did she staple
She stapled each sentence with purity racing through her mind
Word after word, sentence after sentence
She could not quite describe this sensation in a syllable or east wind
Word after word, the ink flowed through her veins with transcendence
There was no stopping the wave of contemplation
Running straight through her nerves, feeling each tingle
There was no stopping the craze of words and of quotations
Running away from any knowticable broken shingle
The constant need or feel to flow through the tips of her fingers
But once the page begun, how to leave the page undone
The constant flush of acronyms and rhymes through triggers
But once the thought began, how to bleed the page like a machine gun
Ready to aim, ready to fire, the war begins
But what seemed to be just the wind whipping through her hair, was clouds whispering in her ear drum
Saying its never to late to write the stories of woes far begun
Swaying through the sand covered dooms
Cradling the one who used to be you, the one whose still a who?
Swaying through wind shattered air
Cradling the one who is near, but who is that if not a who?
She takes another step forward, and falls
Knees bloody, arms cutting
She dips down her bow, and crawls
Hands scraping, tongue constricting
If not who? Then what?
If not what? Then why?
If not how? Then Try?
Trial and error led her here
On a sand doom far far away from anywhere called home
She found a place to let her mind explode
On a sand doom far far away from anywhere called home
She found a place to hide her sky dome.
Copyright © Taryn Eastwood | Year Posted 2016
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