I woke up to find myself out of the house w/no

Shoes walking north towards I don’t know

Where – I’m NOT in the house – I’m out of

The house w/o shoes – I remember it

Being early morning – if I had to guess –

Possibly around 5:44am as the sun is about

To greet the day so I keep walking

And walking and walking and walking

Until I find myself walking along the

Ramp of a highway – I couldn’t tell

You which highway it was –

I must’ve stepped on something sharp

And unpleasant as I’ve begun to limp

Yet I kept walking – Hell is ME –

Hell is ME – Hell is ME – This Hell is ME –

I found a piece of wood to sturdy

Myself along the curvature of the highway

But I don’t stop – I relieve myself

-A line of urine trails behind me

At first it was warm but

Now it’s discomforting –

It’s getting damp and cold

Quickly sticking to my leg w/ each

Movement exaggerating my limp

Yet I dare not stop –

Hell is Me – this Hell is Me –

This Hell is Me – what compels me

Nowhere to move but Forward –

I ache yet I move Forward –

Perhaps the driver didn’t see me

As I got clipped by a car

As it drove past propelling me

Into the air landing into a ditch

I lay in a ditch wanting to but

Didn’t move – this Hell is Me –

This Hell is Me – as the foot

That was injured started

Throbbing incessantly –

Aggressively – along with the rest of ME –

This Hell of Me – this Hell of Me –

I didn’t cry for help I didn’t scream

As it thrust me into the AIR –

I knew when I landed that my

Injuries were life-threatening –

I landed flat on my back –

In the aftermath, I resign myself

To my fate to lay in this ditch –

Perfectly still making no

Attempt to move or help myself –

I never left that ditch –

Months pass –

My body is discovered –

Half of who I once was is

Gnawed away and in an increased

State of decomposition –

My face was literally trail mix –

It had become a buffet for

Deer, raccoons, possums and other

Assorted road side animals –

I don’t know why I didn’t leave

The ditch or why I started

Walking –

I don’t see the children –

My girlfriend has come to the

Morgue too identify me –

This Hell is Me –

With my face a half-chewed

Sandwich – I’m surprised

That she made an identification

Because I hadn’t any other possessions

On my person at the time –

It was the necklace that confirmed

My identity – the custom necklace

W/ my name acts as a signature –

For who I once was –