Every stumble Every heartache Every pain Every frustration Every disappointment Every aspect of waking in the morning With the repulsive taste of gall in my mouth Leads me to a forest of bleakness Builds inside of me a bastion of insouciance That protects me from the bitter barbs Of emotional constraints That prevent me from drowning my mind In the empty void of null This flesh is a prison for my mind Let me destroy it. Let it become nurturing soil.