My body runs on anger
what shall I do with despair?
I am uncertain of how
to handle gloom and sorrow
my body runs on anger
I’ve no use of thee, despair
so out with you, oh, fowl cow
and return to the dark of below
what did this to you, my strong one?
what reduced you to such a state
so cold and pale and weak and frail
as though someone didst sedate..
wake! wake! I cannot take the wait.
you, never meek, who forbade me to weep
how can you lie so, with no trace of life?
I choked at the sight
but did not shed a single tear
I did not, I promise, not even one
the needles and pipes and tubes and pins
cover every available inch of skin
no stretch of wrinkled flesh remains unprobed
icy skin makes my blood to fire akin
vile, putrid bile rises in my throat_
wretched sorrow, arointh thee!
-I cannot handle woe.