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crollo.

nowadays i dont
really feel alive
just blending day to day
fuck around to pass the time
sitting on my hands, eating
snacks watching tv.
waiting for a change
pray an angel comes to lift me
maybe this is penance
yeah, the cost of all the sinning
all pointing to the night
when you did some heavy drinking.
bottle to your lips
knife at the wrist
her essence in your head
you can't recall her voice
but you recant the promises

chant them like a cultist
while you watch the silver dance
and your press to the beat
of your alcoholic pants
sweat fills your hair
haze fills the mind
love, pain, and anger
made your soul unwind
now it lays there,
exposed to open air
only to be trampled on
by those who should be there
in a spot of rage you
threw the knife into the floor
rose from your chair and
opened up the closet door
only to write in red upon the white
"STOP ME" in bold, what foresight

you whip your head around
try to shake the thoughts out
you can't recall her face,
now an obscure grey cloud
that radiates depression
makes you feel alone
spent years with a person
they can't once pick up the phone
spent years with a person
yet you can't recall her voice
we said we loved us to death
i'm finding truth in that choice
you've suffered spring and summer
now you're heading for the fall
you look about your broken mind
god-damn it all
you thought you'd built a home
you were in it for the haul
appalled it's all dissolved
your heart it calls for more resolve
you miss her love, your home, your dog
you drove your car into a wall.

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bones fractured top to bottom
are the mind manifest
codeine sponsored dreams of
laying your head on her chest
instead you feel a tightness on your neck
and this ringing in your head
you've got a neck brace, your mom's here,
you're in a hospital bed.
what's your name, and your birthday,
perfect sir, where are you at?
another nurse coming through
to make sure my mind is still intact
rib cracked, pelvic fracture, hooked
up to an iv and a piss-bag
you wore a seat belt and dont know
if that's something to thank god for
or be pissed at
isn't this the kind of story
that you wanted after all?
just to be so down and broken
hope someone saved you from the fall
have someone to hold you, stroke your hair
and tell you you can beat it all
needing that, having a lack thereof
you drove your car into a wall.

4 comments

  1. zoec
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    It's a joy to have you with us again, bishop. Thank you! Heartbreak is not what could express the feeling as I read this. I know that whatever I felt, you've felt more deeply and tangibly. I just...

    It's a joy to have you with us again, bishop. Thank you!

    Heartbreak is not what could express the feeling as I read this. I know that whatever I felt, you've felt more deeply and tangibly.

    I just hope you may leave the pain and suffering, and find yourself in kindness, joy, and togetherness.

    2 votes
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    Eva
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    I've been thinking about the last stanza there for the past few days. Thanks for writing it.

    I've been thinking about the last stanza there for the past few days. Thanks for writing it.

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      1. Eva
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        Mainly just how perfectly it all fits together, and how well it all ends. It's hard to describe abstract thoughts.

        Mainly just how perfectly it all fits together, and how well it all ends. It's hard to describe abstract thoughts.

        2 votes