clouds strung like sky veins
white silt on an X-ray plate
a ghost on my grave
watching minutes turn
feels Sisyphean without
any cardio
The darkness surrounds
No semblance of strength remains
The battle raged on
To feign ignorance
Actions have repercussions
Mindfulness matters
Silent as the night
The shroud envelopes secrets
Revealed to no one
headlong, tailspin, it's
all in how you fall and why
you thought you could fly
stare into the void,
the void stares back; lose myself
just for the contact
"a captain goes down
with the ship, nobly!" "but sir,
please, we aren't sinking"
withered by wild gaze
the first mate sees new the waves
voice fails, spine shivers