| Running my tongue across the edge Feeling the sweetened burn of emerald shards Piercing, clutching, embracing my tender flesh Slivers of glistening jade glint in candle's fading, flickering dance Juxtaposition of pain and pleasure, sensations mingling Maggots writhe beneath the surface of my forsaken flesh Calling to me, whispering sweet nothings of Death and degredation in my ear Scents of human stink and wax coil within my nostrils like a snake, striking at my cortex, dragging me into a ceaseless slumber I dance between life and bitter sleep, my very essence blurring as the two become one Lines of reality fade, leave me blinking, eyes stinging, blind and alone A child lost in the darkness Nothing there, no light, no sounds Taste Touch Smell I am unforgiven, I am spiraling downward into my own pit of self loathing, vengeful retribution Tears scar my open gore .... |