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Ancient Artifact
it started down at his feet
licking his toes with just bearable heat
but then it crawled up and up and up
singeing his hair and scarring his lips
a raging inferno he couldn't predict
what happened?
where did this come from?
how did it start?
who?
but all his answers are screams
tainted in ashes
It tastes like copper
And I bite my lip
Just to check for my blood type
Of course.
It looks like the darkest cavern
And I close my eyes
Just to compare shades of black
Of course.
It sounds like chaos
And I suffer in silence
Just to notice how quieter it would be
Of course
It feels like all three
And I scream and I scream and I scream for help
Just to hear the sound of my own voice
Of course.
It is late evening.
a girl sits alone, unwatched,
the first time in months she is truly secluded.
even the leaves around her stay still, afraid to trigger..
she sits on the coldest patch of grass there is,
talks out the headphones blasting music she doesnt understand,
and brings her legs toward her chest, a feeble attempt to stop what is sure to come.
she starts rocking back and forth slowly...
If you saw her back,
you'd think nothing of the figure, maybe she is meditating?
None one sees the silent face she has made, curved into a scream that will never come, her full lips parted fully in horror,
not even being able to make a noise, unable to let it go,
Sometimes, I can't tell if it is rain or teardrops running down my face.
I long for silence, but the wind is screaming.
The wind, screams bloodcurling screams,
forcing my heart to beat faster than it did when you said those God-awful words.
When the wind screams, it sounds detached.
Like, it hears the screams, but can't realize they come from it's own mouth.
Maybe you broke the winds heart too.
Maybe you led it on.
Maybe your relationship with the wind was just as dysfunctional,
and now the wind is going insane with pain?..no, numbness.
The wind cannot feel, because there is only so much agony a heart can bare,
only so far you can tear it before it is shreds,