The Culprit

It came on so suddenly

Only to be annoying

Like a painful heartbeat in my mouth

To say to my surprise

Would be an orthodox surmise

But I avoided nutrition

No matter how necessary

Like a flower

Who refuses nourishment to grow, arbitrarily

At first the blame was financially sound

Then I chose neglect

Even when I knew I deserved nothing but the best

I was the culprit!

Or was I?

Afterall,

I’m not the one who gave my left ear sensitivity to sound

Pretty nerve racking

When what you eat with becomes exposed

To a pain

That leaves you indisposed

Had to quickly jump on the remedial wagon

For living life under such circumstances

I could not fathom

O, what punishment is this

When your own body turns on you

With a hurt that shouldn’t exist

Mind you

My body is not really to blame

I hold my head down in shame

For I am the culprit!

I chose not to take care of me

How lame?

Or was it?

Afterall, I’m not the who forced me to rebuke the gift of air

Clutching my ear

I didn’t make me drown in despair

I contemplated

As I drank

According to the temperature of the room

Too hot or too cold just wouldn’t do

This was my body

Communicating

Frustrated

I’m telling you

Because I was the culprit!

Who worked shifts of disservice

Against his own interests

But finally

I have listened

Unveiling myself to the dentist

Who introduced me to an orthodontist

I should’ve been acquainted with

Years before

But I was too busy being a slave

To my mental

State of mind

O what a crime

To have not valued what was on the inside

Too busy focused on what had been taken away

Gone astray

Contributed to my loneliness

Even though deep down

I wanted to keep it at bay

Damn!

I really am the culprit!

For who else but mirrored reflection

Could be the result of such confession

Turned off by my own complexion

Confessing

Myself to be unworthy

Living in a world

Where I felt I had more in common

With a hallowed tree

But now

You see

I have seen the value in me

For I am a king

Who is finally acknowledging

That his body has been trying to set him free

I mattered

Before

Now

Forever more

See?