Under the Breath of the Cursed
Within lofty daily trials, life always in check
gaze at self-made walls; stare up at the swinging bulb.
Chastising of milestones, beaten within submission
artful weaving of whispers waking from a deeper sleep.
Questioned emotions on ice; travel within a dark compass
where in the hell am I; queries shuffle on downward.
Dissected voices in a breeze; breathless inhales unshaken
blowing kisses to a blue moon; poison barbs on a comet's tail.
Blown away with red leaves; tinge of orange and yellows
fog clears in a rising sun; shaking off that amnesia haze.
Eyes opening very slowly; hazy gaze focuses on shadows
white sheet covering the cold body; icy shallow breathing now.
Straps bind loosely on wrists; I can't seem to move or speak
getting easier to force a breath; strength rises for the very weak.
Heroin grasped my soul again; pitted freak with rotted flesh,
forgotten on the morgue table; please, just needle me to death.
Copyright © Ken Allan Dronsfield | Year Posted 2021
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