Surrounded

Strange lights pour in 
Back stretches on the concrete floor
Invisible rhythm, invisible audience

Push back the flashbacks
Loss of control, pressed against the glass
Forced to know the silence as an enemy and a brother

Breaking
I am a storm I am a formless child of the future 
I am the seconds that pass 
I am the burden I build 

The mountains in my mind move
So I grab for aspirin
Careful not to get too much

Skin throbbing with blood beneath it all
Rough waters, rougher depths.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2016

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