II
Morose harkens a
lorn voyage—Churning
farrago thoughts, reality an
abstemious primrose path:
Playing priffe against myself,
holding misery in spades.
Soused by fluttering breaths,
failing to take flight,
whispers of lethe-
Percuss
tempest’s intent mal:
Fissure minacious, ruptured
perdure.
Blending pain bittersweet,
flushed magenta in rue:
Woes harmony immersed
in death-ening quartet's
ode à la cittern—
Ubi sunt?
—
Tarriance ravished
& respite forsaken
purlieu-
macula leeched;
unfulfilled thirst hungers
desperate vanquish—
Majuscle tones bawl
Lacrimae! Pearls
of expression roll vocals
crepe,
encompassing all
Octave crevices:
I'm dreaming? In-two—
A haptic aquanaut scraping
aril corals mezzanine,
depths coverlet blind
-
solace of spirit.
—
Velleitās condemns
puissant wishes
gauged palliative,
internal faraday cage
loops confines saturnine -
Pause & rewind akratic.
The gossamer of life’s
picture of motion
departs—Waves
break calico on
self-protected shores,
leaving gyral wake :
Seepage of immoral begins
to settle-sanguine
on tropical husks-
a sole tear collects.
Reflected skyfall
on face
In this moment realized—
shimmers of cicatrix visible
gushing over hands' will.
