Fragility

Wild thoughts flutter and flit
through twilight, shadows split
metamorphose, shapes shift
scatter, swirl, inky sift.

Whisper, cajole, plead, seek
clamor, bellow, screech, shriek
sibilant scratches bleak
murmur, moan, mumble, meek.

Pain in a web
battered and bruised
no flow, no ebb
shattered, confused.

Slither, slink in black mire
scrabble, claw, squelch desire
writhe, flail, consuming fire.
wrestle reason, stoop, tire.

Pain in a web
battered and bruised
no flow, no ebb
shattered, confused.

         

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