Wednesday, April 12, 2023

Withering

It is both too loud and too quiet in this carcass

I want to distract myself with living 

But I relate more to roadkill than I do to my own people

My body has been vandalized, both by others and myself

Hunger feels like progress

Pain feels like control

Withering feels like healing

There is no more hope of reclamation

Now we wilt

(2023)