sick again
the river's run dry and i'm parched
again.
desperately i drink from a salty pool
my skin tightens around me with each
sip.
the fever dream has ended
and so i enter the real nightmare--
the manic anxiety of searching for a rabbit to chase
and for something clear to drink
yesterday this all carried so much weight
that last night i dreamt of the moon
but i awoke to a dark and empty sky
i'm so lost
and so frustrated because i should've known better
than to think i had found anything,
much less myself.
much less something to sustain this fickle soul
withered and trapped in cyclical obsessions,
over and over again i cry
"Eureka!"
over and over it slips through hands darkened
by the blood of a thousand goats slaughtered
in the presence of an apathetic god.
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Submitted by drewbie on June 17, 2021
Modified on March 08, 2023
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