Pour poison on the brain,
Losing my self-control again;
I’ve been away too long,
I don’t recognise these shores,
Yet I was born and baptised in them.
Now I’m drowning in Aquarius eyes,
And choking on pearl tears,
Building something out of nothing,
Erecting an obelisk of all my thoughts and fears,
A spiralling story, shrouded by the clouds,
Threating to crush me at the beginning of a storm,
Knowing the beginning, but the rest is never-ending.
I’m a stranger in my body, reaching for control,
My mind was once my nemesis,
A place to refuge,
My body is now a vessel,
To champion my greatest glory,
A tapestry that changes from perspective,
To stitch and sow into flesh: ever so permanent.
Dissident marches on a limp foot,
Sheltering from electric thoughts;
Carved imperfections, a beauty to behold,
Freedom is a conquest with consequence,
Imprisonment for truths yet spoken,
True victory is to know that there is belief in oneself,
A catalyst for rebellion: the message is sewn.
Spiralling down, the world turns sideways;
If only it would stay still I could arrange my thoughts.
Take what you own to pay for your own funeral,
A paralysed catharsis,
Trying to crawl its way into living.
A second hesitation hanging on a trip wire,
The explosion comes before the paranoia.
To fight such weak and juvenile demons,
Is an effort wasted instead of walking way.
Saying sorry for sorry's sake:
The changeling reverting to another seed.
A rosebud in the garden
of life
suddenly unfolds her petals
and matures.
copyright by heather burns
Starting a collection of thoughts
seeking the right direction.
Never losing sight of it
leaving a good impression.
copyright by heather burns