Senses

Close your eyes, close your eyes,
Tell me what you see.
Monsters, demons, evil and cruel,
Looking right back at me.

Listen, listen, open your ears,
What do you hear?
Cutting words and sword edged taunts,
Desperation, death and fear.

Breathe in, breathe out, slow and steady,
Take your time, do it right.
Follow the pain, all the way in,
Watch your darkness ravage ravage the light.

Roll that tongue, in your mouth,
Can’t you taste your blood?
As you clamp down on your colourless lips,
Causing a crimson flood.

Sit still now, and turn inward,
Feel your heart, giving way.
Exhausted... obsolete...
Watch as life ebbs away.

[16th Jan 2019]