Doing Life!

Doing life for a crime
I would never commit
Mental thorns I T C H I N G
Wriggling veins S T I T C H I N G
Purple blood, yearning—
Expanding the lying
As D R I P by D R I P
I feel weaker—today

Clutching my breast I—S Q U E E Z E
H A R D
—H A R D E R still
A tear hears my call
Races down to help
Falling to my K N E E S

My H E A R T cries out!
Because it's been taken
I feel a shadow of
former heartbeats
as the wind
names the person
I once loved
through all seasons

At 2 AM I cannot see the light
My eyes are blurring with the past
What will help my soul ignite?

S I L
E N C E

In the:

S I L
E N C E

I hear my soul
ME
Alone at 2 AM
ME
Awakening
ME
Alive
ALIVE!

Doing life gives me time
To sculpt my mind with rhyme
Embracing the voice of pain
And S O R R OW
Soul happiness starts today—
N E V E R—T O M O R R OW!