Visions lost in cracking air
dirt and crumbling sidewalk
I drag my feet homeward
one more time
I dream the dream of dying
I wake gasping
I am locked in
this chambered hell of body
I see fire under rocks
I smell smoke in the bathroom
The night breeds evil smells
they float into my nostrils
Hope is lost, it flew away
I woke up laughing with the dead
Give me a safety pin
I have to pin myself together
My body has parted
was it a distorted mirror?
I touch my eyeball
and it sinks
I spit out teeth
with blood
My fingernails
have fallen off
Tired, I am so tired
i wander crooked streets
Shadows on the grey walls
my only companions
I am daughter of radon
I laugh as my hair falls out
I am so hungry
hungry for life
This steel landscape
of bed pans and commodes
The chill enters my toes
I wake up screaming...
Aug 4, 2010
Aug 4, 2010 at 6:08 AM UTC
Visions lost in cracking air
dirt and crumbling sidewalk
I drag my feet homeward
one more time
I dream the dream of dying
I wake gasping
I am locked in
this chambered hell of body
I see fire under rocks
I smell smoke in the bathroom
The night breeds evil smells
they float into my nostrils
Hope is lost, it flew away
I woke up laughing with the dead
Give me a safety pin
I have to pin myself together
My body has parted
was it a distorted mirror?
I touch my eyeball
and it sinks
I spit out teeth
with blood
My fingernails
have fallen off
Tired, I am so tired
i wander crooked streets
Shadows on the grey walls
my only companions
I am daughter of radon
I laugh as my hair falls out
I am so hungry
hungry for life
This steel landscape
of bed pans and commodes
The chill enters my toes
I wake up screaming...
what i think a friend is feeling with her chemo therapy. She was so pretty.