a tiny breath in '02

Give me my heart back, you cocksucker. 

You are not my lover 

You are a mugger

And you've mugged me

of my dreams

of my youth

of my love

my life

my truth

and indignant is how you stand

in this courtroom of lies

in front of our judge of sand

But there's a yellow light that shines through the cracks

of this dark wooden coffin.  It streams through the slats - 

riding on a mini whisper...

like a shiny red ribbon uncoiling through thick back silt...

The shock of what I've just done

By the sword of sheer words...

Spearing freedom!

A tiny breath in a lifetime of asphyxiation. 

revelation

all alone 

i sit in darkness

the night penetrates my soul

i am lost

where there are no empty corners

the streetlight's dim, then gone.

I am wrenched dry of every tear I've cried.

Still left with myself and nowhere to hide

and the shadows lie

where light has died.

clouds from above,

from heaven,

crash to the ground

choking earth

while I writhe 

in thickness

wrapped tightly in this cloth of air

finding it hard to breathe 

the truth

the lurks alone like me.