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Safekeeping
reflections of my marrow seep
into the mourning woe brings-
i fear lapses in judgement,
yet know the outcome will be
revealed in my disregard for my
immortality
an ivory skull pricks like an
intravenous needle-
crimson veins no longer exist,
just bone turning to the ash
only regret comprehends
paradigm of raven hair and
hands full of arthritic regret-
limbs searching for redemption
and one eye holy enough to
live in peace
holding a looking glass i see
my mind's corpse,
hell has arrived in bounty and
i am captivated by the demons
i saw in my youth-
they haunt and taunt me,
never telling me secrets of hope;
only shouting sins of yore
i sought atonement and found
nothing but my raw anatomy-
digits of barren skin extending
to my wrinkled and furrowed
feet
i bought love from a penny
candy store-
hid it in my bible for safekeeping
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2.5.20
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Lu Loo
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