The Humble Passenger
These weathered hands -
rusted relics
embellished in the
patina of time’s
restless passage
These sinister
metallic arms march
forward, akin to
Third Reich battalions
stomping on
Parisian fabric
with leather boots
hand stitched
in the name of
totalitarian apathy
Each of these arms
testify against me
and bear witness
as to how I ticked
my life away
They are no different than
insatiable worms
that nibble away at the
tellurian tapestry of decay -
these hands devour this
Humble passenger
wistfully traversing
through the wreckage of
this debris-ridden odyssey
unencumbered by the tonnage
of anxiety that is bursting
through the seams of
my hollowed body
Copyright © Shiraz Bautista | Year Posted 2023
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