Numbness eats through my soul
I feel her toxins in my veins
solidifying and immobilizing me
In deep sleep I'm falling through
Apathy is oh so popular
Wishing never accomplishes
Neat death is slowly slipping 
I see her countenance once again
This is it, I am dead
Wait
A slight brush on my cheek
Your sweet touch wakes me

ruth-1

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vircapio-gale

i feel as if i've experienced this before, or something along its lines. the way you describe... hmm there is portrayed a psychology of both intensely singular aloneness (as opposed to plural aloneness, heh) but at the same time a mass consciousness, even 'Wishing never accomplishes' rings like an adage -- along with other lines...  wow @ 'Neat death is slowly slipping'..  the 'her' could be so many things and though i'm guessing, i'll leave the words untyped.  i like this poem a lot, could be applied to mythology... a near tragic love story, i could go on. thank you for sharing this!

shiloh-harmitt

A beautiful expression "neat death death is slowly slipping" it is so controlled that the temptation to over dramatise is resisted and I think makes the description all the more powerful.  I really enjoyed this Ruth.

ryan-clark

I'm no stranger to this. I love this poem!  ... wish I wrote it (-;