the train came and my eyes were opened,
i put my arms around you and hallucinated.
bloody mary with her terrible mouth
held my hand down in the sink while i screamed
and screamed
and screamed
with that horrible dream,
a scream that sent my muscles into fits,
that came from the bottom of it
to my mouth and out
as my head filled with the rushing panic
of a hand held by a ghost from a mirror.

a religious promise..a desperate vow..
the things you say to be let go...

breaking awake my eyes opened for a second gasp of air
i breathed the train whistle in.
my foggy heart and broken mind saw faces in the gaps of darkness
and my only thought was that the Devil got me.

06/02/2011

Posted on 06/02/2011
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