There is a mineshaft
in my chest -- my heart
scales down the lines,
dropping into my stomach
graceful, a trapeze artist
descending from above
There is a tranquility
here, a blinded heaven
scarring across my eyelids
This ghostly skin
shakes me awake,
screaming ripping
like paper between
the sheets, I am stuck
with a glue I never spilled
The lotus unfolding
back and forth, a
sick dance twisting
in front of me,
the memories in my
head convulsing
like they're trying to
restart my heart,
I always knew
the end would be
brighter
than the beginning,
the candlelight
of my birth
painting pictures
I'll never get to see
because this heart,
it weighs me down
a death I never felt
roaring in my chest --
And this waterfall
will never
reach
the pond.
Mar 20, 2012
Mar 20, 2012 at 11:25 PM UTC
There is a mineshaft
in my chest -- my heart
scales down the lines,
dropping into my stomach
graceful, a trapeze artist
descending from above
There is a tranquility
here, a blinded heaven
scarring across my eyelids
This ghostly skin
shakes me awake,
screaming ripping
like paper between
the sheets, I am stuck
with a glue I never spilled
The lotus unfolding
back and forth, a
sick dance twisting
in front of me,
the memories in my
head convulsing
like they're trying to
restart my heart,
I always knew
the end would be
brighter
than the beginning,
the candlelight
of my birth
painting pictures
I'll never get to see
because this heart,
it weighs me down
a death I never felt
roaring in my chest --
And this waterfall
will never
reach
the pond.
Title stolen from Death Cab for Cutie's "What Sarah Said".
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