tangled

by Nicole M. - Gemini

in tangled sight
my reality is lost
inside of itself
the past fades into muted
perceptions
and the moment
continues to slip

the beast
once bound to my sensitivity
now is the last effort
of my survival
trying to gorge itself
on past intimate surrenders
mauling their imprints
into sins of desperation
black veins milk the shrinking
accents of destined impulse

the memories
of our haunting
Yale Street
quiver
through me
something i had held
with comfort and awe
as your whispers found
my ears through the dusk
i froze
with your
words
universes expanded
through your eyes
i was submersed
in the ambiance of
feeling creation
between us

such purified happiness
is fasting
devastated by panic and greed
the faster i try to reclaim
it's salvation
the faster it slips away
rummaging through more second guesses
this was how I
remembered it
pleading in confusion
to determine if
you had been there
inside of me -
that also leaves me empty

the scorched remains continue
to distort
and i am loosing myself
to the beast
finding these words
under my tender balance
with final breathes that
i still recognize
knowing this might just be
words again
to you.
Birth sign: Gemini
Date created: 2009-08-01 01:01:25
Last updated: 2021-03-03 14:47:13
Poem ID: 72029

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