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Jun 2016
anesthesia
and opioid dreams

rolled-up smokes
and guitar strings*

with rotting mind
and rotting teeth


I'm losing weight
I'm losing sleep


cut me open
sew me up


the pain I feel
is not enough


give me something
more to feel


try to persuade me
this is real


I've spent so much
time on my own


that I'm afraid
it's left me cold


I'm a monster
so I'm told


my loyalties are
bought and sold


look in the mirror
I'm repulsed


I check my wrist
can't find a pulse


this corpse I wear
is just a shell


that keeps me locked
inside this hell


with runny nose
and bloodshot eyes


I sit alone
and wait to die


but it seems death
will never come


*or have I already
succumbed?
Colten Sorrells
Written by
Colten Sorrells
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