The sibilant hiss
of fridge slays
this silence –
I am numb,
hummed,
lulled
by sleepiness –
slippery echoes
of weekend’s voices
linger, ring
in my ears,
the disruption
ending so abruptly –
I am rendered
listless, fuzzed.
(Onomatopoeia is the prompt tonight at dVerse, hosted by Bjorn.)
so tired…
the heaviness of slumber
settles on me like a straight jacket –
no point resisting…
was it a poisoned apple
that struck me so –
or is this exhaustion
emblematic…
of what….
a soul aspiring to flight
weighted down by sensitivity…
an ego tied to ideals
no more salient than balloons
whose once inflated bodies
now pollute the landscape…
I am withered…
lifeless…
breath shallow…
pulse irregular…
cursing the elusiveness of sleep…
suspended in a tortuous limbo,
mocked by vitality,
scorned by ambition,
loathed by the hale…
is there purpose
to this perpetual cycle…
a message
carved within the walls
of this fleshy tomb…
cryptic whispers
buried deep beneath
the hardening layers of fog…
no strength here
to decipher riddles…
encumbered by lassitude,
like an iron blanket
smothering desire…
even weeds will push
through concrete barriers
follow the sun’s rays
to find life…
why then can’t I…
…so tired….
(Image from personal collection)
–
I covet a place hidden
from view, tucked in
between the Highway
Of Life’s Disappointments
and the Edge of the World.
Access cloaked by years
of unkempt bramble, forks
left, just before the abrupt
right turn onto the Freeway
Of Destiny’s Next Calling.
A hermit’s cottage, quaint,
shrouded in the Forest of
Puppeteers, where one can
live a simple pantomime –
pretend strings don’t exist.
Perpetually perched between
bustle and abyss – a child’s game
of I can’t see you, you must not
be able to see me – I’d sleep,
a blissful state of detachment.
One Woman's Quest 