a life chain
a ruined thing
matresses stacked shredded over
grey bookcases rotting
my globe turning endlessly
i never wanted any of this
i could have been born without feelings
scurry to the corner where dust stands
a painful month deep
where frozen screams
burn inside my teeth
and alcohol
shoves me into sleepless dreaming
in the same yard
they razed our hopes
raised us on such slim hope
now my hope is all but gone
i never see what
is ahead for certain
never know the damned
from the broken and burnt
my dreams hurt
and the pillow cradles my head of tears