Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Before After/ After Before

Before After 

Soul so weak
God, this feeling 
Whole body numb 
Eyes dry 
Mouth a metallic taste 
My hands tremble, my stomach groans 
What will become? What has gone? 
Please, keep those needles out of my arms 
Just let this take its course 
My knuckles raw from walls 
I’m trying to break through 
Holding fast against my fists 
Tears collecting in lashes 
Waiting to spill over 
One final cry, one last little whimper 
Before... 

After Before 

Here lies I
Grave I dug my whole life 
Finally deep enough for sleep 
Without the interrupting world 
Hands to catch me I wish none 
Into darkness lay my head down 
To slumber I resign
Awake remain kinship and love 
My wish for black, cold Earth 
Given meaning in death 
Cares more forgotten, child like smiles 
When my shadow disappears
The sun shall blanket my empty world 
After all, with this light 
I may one day be the weed you uproot 
Or the flower you trample

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