It is no ordinary day
When I can feel the cells of my body
In their individual betrayals
Changing me
Into a metaphor for what not
To do
And who not to be
Where tiny atomic explosions
Of fear
And defeat
Wither any remaining
Encouragement
And muscles atrophy
From lack of electric current
My mind wanders
Through mistakes
Of integrity
And the darkness
Peels backs the skin
From my eyes
And I see truth
Running fast
Away from me

07/21/2005

Author's Note: I'm defeated. The glass is neither half full or half empty, I doubt it holds any water at all.

Posted on 07/21/2005
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