Stillframes
my eyes stare out, not quite looking at anything,
just capturing images that ill never recall,
photographs to sit within dusty boxes, ungazed upon,
rewinding the film and it plays blank before me,
old black and white movies flickering in the small theater,
yellow tinted edges, as if stained from the smoke of cigars,
tarnished to never remember its full glory,
red satin seats, moth eaten in the darkness,
-i am self destructive-
if i could forget how to breath, i would
i inhale sweet nicoteen to calm my nerves
and exhale to the screen
like my eyes, flickering
boots propped up on the seat before
silent except the tickering
-i destruct myself-
in the simplest and most complex way
if i could forget how to breath, i would
you mustent stay
one
tear
s
l
i
d
e
s
down my face
all my memories gone away
when shall i capture a new set?
in my black and gray stillframes
Copyright © Jay Loveless | Year Posted 2009
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