unburden me

i cannot bear this burden

and so i give it up to you

so that i may have some peace

before you name me

as its bearer

i may regret it

i may mislead myself with hope

yet for now i cannot bear the weight

not before i know if it is mine to bear….

tick-tock

time  gnaws

upon my mind

making the tick-tock

louder

it echoes and shudders

the cobwebs once more.

 

age

looms heavier in my bones

my wrinkles writhe and deepen

numbed and chill am i

yet life still riots throughout my body

in the disguise of pain

my mind wanders away

without ever saying when…

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rocks in my pockets

i carry rocks in my pockets
each a shameful badge
of a lost war

the sea beckons and pushes back
beckons and
pushes me back
to shore

it gives me a last chance
to turn back…

before it embraces me to its liquid core.