one story to take away
a summer's memory to struggle for
locked and departed
don't quite know where I started
took a day at a time
and suddenly I feel sick.
     a pound for release
     it echoes and pleads
     pulsing in and up and
     out and around
a blade for a throat
can't write me a note
been here way too long
and you can't diagnose
     a filthy mistake
     one you can always remake
     I will always think twice
     before surrendering a healthy tongue
I struggle for words
but only scratch the surface
I struggle for ease but only feel pain
I struggle for weight
but today's date is changed
to understate a terror
and have no consequences at all