She’s a monstrosity A fire in my sky More now than she used to be All my rivers running dry Defying gravity although She claims to have created I am the earth and she… Is all I never knew I hated In my head, a crescendo “Shut up, shut down, take a seat, not a sound” Trying to make myself just Shut up, shut out, and take my place under the ground This summer started like a poison Seeping slowly as I let it take control A tiny pill and one small breath Is all it took to swallow me whole It started like a drum, A quiet pounding in my chest A steady tempo as I gasp To take each shallow breath It started like a storm and heavy throbbing in my brain Taste metal on my tongue With every drop of acid rain It crashed inside me like a virus, A nightmare under sedation And from me took my voice, Eyes in and out of focus Losing myself, I feel the change Her smile pulls me back, But still the pain remains Losing myself, learning how to hate Myself… letting go of my restraint Cut the noose that holds me up Freedom is just a fall away Keep cutting because now I know That I cannot make her stay This summer began in flames, A fire to light the dark It will all end in rain, A flood to drown my heart There is no escape; I’ve no place to run The fire now cowers behind dark clouds My life to come undone When did forever end? How was it that I missed the boat? The sky is falling fast and I cannot keep the sun afloat.
This is an excerpt from "The Acid Oasis: The Journal of Adrian Blackraven" by Steven Sanchez.