Apartment Mortality

this is a poem- it's yeah...

There is a pause-

In the taste of humanity-

Sharpening inside the walls surrounding me.

 

I slam my yelling palms against these surrounding walls.

Crying with the heat on my face-

Sweat pouring against my mortality.

 

The mind is in prayer-

Trying to understand-

The saliva of my soul-

 

I spit out my sin in the shower-

The heat clouds my crying cornea-

Where am I?-

 

I reach my fingers against the crisply cold air-

My respiratory organs choke on the falseness of its life-

Can I breathe?-

 

The mailbox holds cancer-

In her eyes-

I look at myself-

 

The reflection of my days-

Intensifies my eyes-

Screaming for some nebulous something-

 

Can I understand it?-

Pace the soft, hardened floors-

The speed of light-

 

Music lifts through the voices-

Echoing against the temporary-

I pray.

 

I fall of comfort furniture-

Of a waterfall of lost emotion-

Onto the ill- colored floor of opinions

 

My hair stabs the air-

I look with some relaxation at the ceiling-

The veins of its crowded hallways push my mind sideways

 

Some heavenly force-

Brings a smile across my lovingly cracked face-

Still as the waters on the floor-

 

My eyes storm with clouds of weather

Through the fuzzy screens’-

Resting in my mind.

 

The walls-

The heavens- the universes- the dimensions-

I pray.

Reviews

[Hannah Berry]

This is absolutely wonderful. I can feel the panic and sense the anxiety as if it's my own. Very nicely written :)

[JoSephMacGown]

sweet! I'm totally glad you like it! It's fo sho pretty intense...

[Girl Friday (Sarah W.)]

Wow, this is quite well done! The last lines are absolutely wonderful, and a great ending to this concept. I like the "panic" in the narrator's voice here; the closing in of walls and the searching for something tangible to hold on to. You have captured emotions here that are truly unique, despite the fact that the idea itself is one that i think many have experienced. A great write! Look forward to reading more from you.

[JoSephMacGown]

Thank you so much! I'm terrible replying back to this stuff- I guess I'm still not used to it yet. But yeah, I was totally the panicked narrator honestly at the time that I wrote this. This is probably my most personal poem in a way... But yeah thank you once again!