Monday, July 27, 2020

Pain Is Bigger Than Its Victim


the cursive so flat so anti-cartoons—I need more than its sutures. or polyrhythmic anxieties or corners so engulfed while a woman was held captive. such kenisic arguments or a volt for homage at terrible failings; to dig for acceptance or one so deep where yet so shallow—those hurting sandbags or the toddler’s sandcastle while skies are so indifferent—or so impassionate while perception cries where the handshake is with existence: so quiet those screams so loud such silence where scars became essence or shadows or his dark countenance; polyester suits or flashy berets while minds are finding such comes to an end. the cursive walls those cursive ceilings as doors are slamming ever shut where tomorrow is another conception. our pain says opposites it never tells crystals where a woman might speak in topaz cursive. the shelter laughing the sweat screaming or a big face maddened or looking for redemption. to wander spaces such sartorial sentences where mother wouldn’t understand: the lone wolf those carnivals while everything becomes tolerable. we need more than sutras or scriptures or psychology—or psychiatry as it bleeds guts or awakens something resting while therapy is dormant—those lakes those shores as tigers roam islands; if but to arrest every memory or to cure in one session while its intolerable to fathom why I must remember: it causes anger it distresses it induces loneliness—such deceased wilderness such ashes smoked the crux has been given to its past; where streetlights are watching or mother is dying such ruminating hostility where one would empathize or suggest while one is too disillusioned; to find meaning in something taboo, to need full on acceptance, while society is turning a shoulder to one’s blight. so awakened to this. but it isn’t my responsibility. it resides with family or friends. or some cedarchest cardigan some relic in souls but pain is bigger than its victim.      

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