Short Coagulation Poems

Slow strangulation by our hand 
Ego based our fulcrum 
It’s time now that we understand 
Toxic residuum 

On shift from head to heart
Fears and desires depart
Each life breath, a new start

Coagulation 
Slow strangulation

23-January-2022
Quietus ...

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the words coagulate, stuck
in the back of my throat, I choke
on the words I cannot seem to
acknowledge, articulate, remember.
aphasia commandeers my body as her vessel
inarticulate and mute
and in so much pain
but she doesn't seem to care.
when it matters all the soliloquies falter
and stumble from my lips, lame
and inadequate
like everything else i touch....

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Finally my blood began to coagulate;
crimson hues slow dance
to the musical notes of healing,
and the symphony scores a pattern,
weaving the fabic of fibrin 
into a tapestry like a warrior's 
victory blanket.

Blood again flows like a river
finding its course unhindered, 
and I rise and live on;
scars on my body a reminder 
of the battle fought and won,
every heartbeat a testament  
to where I belong.
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