i.
every night i
run and run and run
every night
is a life or death race
every night
is a different cell block
another face
in a different chase
every night
is a journey against my will
every night
forced to face my myriad fears
and very night
i hear the strangers
their scorn
derision and their jeers
this organically
fueled nightmare machine
it feeds on the minds
and meat of men
it takes everything
that could have been
as it shapes each little if
into a possible when
every night
is a sweat drenched journey
only to wake
on the morrow just gasping
ethereal realness
drips through my waking fingers
a slip of the grip
left from grasping
ii.
i have felt my neck stretched
from being hung
i have ridden the lightning
in the chair
i have died countless times
on many freeways
i have felt twisted steel
puncture vital organs there
i have been shot
and i have been strangled,
i have been bludgeoned
and beaten to death
i have been drowned
i have been burnt
i have been all that i’ve seen
and i will curse it to my very last breath
i have been broken
into many tiny fragile pieces
i have been smashed
upon the rocks from way up high
i have been and i have seen
this hellish nightmare machine
i have been shown
that there’s a million or more ways to die
About the Creator
Brenton F
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Fuck you words from Jesus
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Comments (9)
Oh wow this was really good
Very well written. Great work!!!
Oh this was so relatable! Sleep is my go to way to deal with stressful situations and it doesn't help when I dream about what's stressing me out, lol. Love your poem!
Well written, thank you
This really grips you and gets under your skin. Nice use of imagery—great job!
I read this one so many times. Your imagery is captivating!
Relatable AF. I loved the flow and the just building intensity through each part. Hit the nail on the head with this one, mate!
i have ridden the lightning in the chair, what an amazing visual poem this is. Great job
WOW. I felt this so much. Sleep is supposed to be restful, but oh...how sometimes we can't even escape prison through dreams. I really loved this. Excellent job!