Pain justifies the heartache in my eyes –
Destruction, the inevitable, moves quick, unexpected –
‘Come as you are, do what you want’ –
Exit wound in the back and a stab in the front –

The hole gapes open on my blood smeared chest –
Drips down my stomach, clenched arms, and wraps around my wrists to make an innocent arrest –
Before my fingertips cry –
Trickled down my leg –
Cold, heatless, warmth evaporated –
Like your thoughts of me –

Icy red lines, frozen as they fall –
No bloody footprints, so my pain is undetected –
Blind me, deafen me, let it grow in size –
Engulfing my world, imploding myself –

The familiar dark hole, close to comfort, where every path leads to darkness,
as it trips me, and stabs me as I fall,
over and over and over until I find the mistaken path of light
which fades to darkness and trips me and stabs me as I fall
over and over again –

Misery loves company and I’ve come to believe he shares my name ~