Walking Past

There is no cruel intention in these veins of mine No self-perturbing traces of malice or hatred Yet I rot in all that I am Sopping sorrows Bacterial bondage Lost in this reverse universe Turning back the time I am still a child I am fine I am fine Never would I mean to hurt you In my silence it seems that I have In my state, my stagnant state, I awaken your resentful waves I am buried in your unawareness Unraveling in writhing verse I have no reason to despise myself I have no reason to hide A cold wind of a departure I dare to turn and look To watch you leave through the door Suddenly I am rotting all over again I am walled into endless festering Do not tell me to live in the moment Until you have felt what I have felt Do not tell me to forget who I am With what you think I was I am fine I am fine The danger has no weight on me now I am walking past you now June 1, 2017