TOWARDS THE VANISHING POINT

A POINT OF NO RETURN

OF DRIPPING WATER AND A STILLNESS

UNEASE AMID MILDEW

STARE INTO THE YAWNING HALLWAYS ABYSS

AS A MOTH TO THE FLAME IT DRAWS ME

AS A VESSEL EMPTY OF ALL THOUGHT

SCUTTLING CREATURES SPEW FORTH

THE VERY SAME THAT SCURRIED IN MY SKULL

POISED

POISONING

POISONING, AN ALREADY, ACIDIC, TONGUE

SPITTING FURY

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EMPTY

EMPTIED

EMPTY NOW AS NEEDLES FILL

REST

RESTRAINED

RESTRAINTS LOOSEN AS THEY TIGHTEN

RUN

FLEE

BUT I CAN ONLY STUMBLE

ENDLESS IS THE WESTERN HALLWAY

PUTRID, WALLS, STAINED, PEELING

CELL, DOORS, ENTOMB, LIVING

STARVED MINDS, A SELF CONFINEMENT

STILL I STUMBLE, FROM ENTRAPMENT

ACRID, STENCH, DECAYED, DYING

COLD, FLOORS, ECHOED, RINGING

WISPERED WORDS, SCREAMING ANNOUNCEMENT

STAGGER TOWARDS WHICH BARES NO END