strange night
dark light,
streaming
into a
broken man’s head,
glaring
into a soul
long since dead.
rattling
chains
in the hall,
on TV,
haunting,
haunting,
creeping
into thoughts
unhinged,
unsure.
senses collapse,
brains rattle,
sensitive eyes,
sensitive ears,
the aroma
of the dead,
of the living,
haunting,
haunting.
dark thoughts,
brain racing,
inciting chaos,
inciting religion,
inciting belief
in oneself,
haunting,
haunting,
thinking of you,
your face,
your body,
your mind,
your fluids,
your blood.
haunting,
haunting,
the past,
the screams,
the noise,
olfactory overload,
haunting,
haunting,
your screams,
your blood.
strange night,
dark light,
haunting,
haunting.
1999