seconds

once ignored - now cherished

as they begin to tick away

panting, like a dog in the wind

throat constricted

swelling as a tumor - i can scarcely breathe

my eyes stand in the way

to the world i need to see

hazy melting images coated in glue

begin sliding from my view

and i trample on top of them

now a blind fool

now a blind fool

oh my heavy, heavy aching legs

cannot do the work of ten men

to lift my feet of stone

clumsy, my arms

long and leaden - they drag behind me

carving deep trenches in the rotting earth

oh so tightened

stretched beyond belief

my skin cracks

with the weight of my dying body

and the rage in my head

blood trickles down from my burning eyes

and stings my charred lips

oh dear god - if you would but save me

so much as a finger on my hand

surely i could find the strength to climb

atop a cloud in your sky

and echo your praises

into the light of a new day

but my words are lost

as my bones

snap suddenly

and i am left to lie upon the burning remnants of my life

seconds

eternity

the clock ceases inside of me

oh this silence, this emptiness inside

for the grinding of my teeth at the searing pain

of my flesh and the stench which infiltrates my every pore

silence

eternity

might as well relax

it's much too late

to cancel

all my reservations in hell