torment

he hides himself into an empty wrapper
a hollow shell that remained after the storm
where life once resided before the heavy toll
of addiction arrogance destruction hurt and
the combustive mixture of void and destruction
an all-inclusive ticket to stagnant displeasure 
a homeless abode untenanted wreck
futile worthlessness vacant desolation

disconnected and detached he does not half fill
the cover where isolation has taken his place
and shielded nothingness evaporates from his mind
in which melancholy oozes lost hope

a sheathed vacuum with suction pump attached
portrays the only reminder of motion and living

he feels very little but pictures himself
as Dali´s warped melted clock
a time bomb disguised as a land mine
for good expandable measure of meaning

12 November 2023
Copyright © | Year Posted 2023

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