Basic Necessities

My gaze averting

drowning under claws and matted fur

I now see the shell you carry all too clearly

so clear that it seems bulky, awkward

I literally see it coming undone

Totally blind to what is seen

Over-powering machinery

An excitatory and/or inhibitory travesty

A sacred automatic carousel of push-my-buttons

Acute everlasting circuitry

I cannot quit you, but you can quit me

This unwanted armor, born an unwilling warrior

How you pound relentlessly on these  oppressive walls.

Sickeningly stuck to the vital cycles

Reviews

[just Penny]

I love the lines: "An excitatory and/or inhibitory travesty of the sacred automatic carousel of push-my-buttons". The masks we wear ! Visually, when I began reading this, I saw an anvil? Not sure if that's the intention, but in the final two lines of "pound relentlessly" it seemed to fit perfectly. Great poem. Penny

[Frontier]

Haha! Well initially I didn't have an anvil in mind but now I can actually see it and yeah it kinda goes with the feeling. Thanks! :)

[Nusquam Esse]

Very unique and stimulating here, I enjoyed it in its whole, it was so quirky! I like your choices in how you placed awkward, and the bit of and/or, it really made the flow stand out as the oddity it was.

[RosewoodHousePets]

Seems to scare me I dont know why....But I like it Genius Keep it up.... :)

[Frontier]

it is a heavy read :)