Pressure.
                            stumbling deeper, trembling
                                  sprawling, toppling.
                                 a clumsy kind of pain

                                              Down.

      ­                             warm golden pools,
                        searing as they drip, drip, drip.

                                            Down.

       ­                              trapped between
                           the confines of a Memory
                                   tight little space
                                     don’t go in it,
                                        no escape.

                                         Down.

                                        my skin,
                                        my heart,
                                       my lungs.
                             carved and branded.
                                      red, raw
                                  push deeper

                                      Down.

            ­            constricting of my chest,
                       rapid rising of my breast.
                             everything’s hazy.
                                    confusing.
            ­                          its bliss.

                                     Down.

                        protected, hidden now.
            a simple price to pay, a silly little trick
                                      forget.

            ­                       Down
                                                 Down
                                                            ­   Down.