This room slowly fills with water
I’m adrift
Not at peace
Just adrift
Hollowed gray
My insides have long burned out
As have my eyes
I listen to the words in my head
The birds of prey
Fall from this night sky
—-
Similar
(Whispers)
(Voices)
Echoes
From outside the door
I can feel myself
Getting bad again
I am becoming
The me
That you never
knew
He hasn’t been around much
I am trying
Against all pain
The room drowns out
All the daylight
I keep giving away …
Giving away
I’m going away
(I’ll never say)
(Hiding)
It’s all so clear
The room disappears
—-
And all the time
Falls from the clock in the kitchen
Where we hid our weapons
Even you
Can use
And
I won’t confess
It’s a drowning
I’ll write no words
All this time
All this time…
Regarding Samuel 