Be Low

write please read and enjoy

Unshaken, acknowledge the weight

unburdened, emptied gunpowder shell of hate

lips in hyper-focus replay, see: Red

crutches become umbrellas, sleep of the dead

stolen dreams from the catcher overhead

snatch the precious sands of time from your bed

memories return, telescopic drills, etched in skin they said

Politicking and bartering, moral wrestling

mental positioning for emotional bracing

surgical decisions remove festering

remembrance, blinding hindsight; constant reflections facing

mistakes, real-to-life fakes, styrofoam microphone testing

screaming about hurt to the stagnant air, home replacing

where dust was resting, there's no water, the throat aches

trench-lines tracing under burning stride, puddles pooling, cooling lakes

stomping, quenching, questing, pacing, steam rolling off a rising tide

placid people, vitriolic acid in store, bakes their plastic masochistic sakes

expressions like bitters from the vine contort with every sarcastic snap they make

Steady as an island, no man, I am

my hand, untrembling

seeing this nonsense I live

persecution complex, condemned, god damned

self-aware enough to straddle sanity, go on rambling

take all of me, I have no good to give

this dense fog places six knuckles to the temple

and batters sacred walls with no hesitance

violating sanctity, shutting down anxiety

shutting out those who care for me with no reluctance

don't give anybody a chance, don't want to know safety

if it's painful just let it be

Lower your guard, let it bombard

knock you senseless, go below

laid out, sleeping limbs, dead meat

you wanna leave yourself, go be senseless

go be low.