Night Fall, 2016
Surrender to the gravity pulling lids.
Laughing asleep.
Practicing death.
Nerves cannot feel the fatigue of apathy.
Rooted so deep, grow shallower.
A mouth that no longer speaks is a mere opening –
swallowed esophagus,
rusted valve.
Scattered strings tangled limbs.
Impulses weave ligaments.
Surrender to the muted heart.
Dying in sleep.
Twitching in depth.
Laughing asleep.
Practicing death.
Nerves cannot feel the fatigue of apathy.
Rooted so deep, grow shallower.
A mouth that no longer speaks is a mere opening –
swallowed esophagus,
rusted valve.
Scattered strings tangled limbs.
Impulses weave ligaments.
Surrender to the muted heart.
Dying in sleep.
Twitching in depth.