A Shell
I stare at the empty shell in the mirror.
Is this what I am now?
My flesh tainted,
clothes tight and suffocating,
nothing looks right anymore.
My hair falls in the wrong ways,
my makeup is now a mask.
I am numb.
I am blistered and broken.
Nothing is real anymore.
I look away,
and once again
I am encased in the hopelessness
of this damned shell.
Monday 4th June 2018 11:06 pm
The Devil
His touch is revolting,
hot. agressive. forced.
His breath rancid,
moist. surrounding. tainted.
His saliva was acidic,
impure. contaminated. corrosive.
I push away,
but I am overruled.
My skin is burning off at his every touch.
I shake
as my flesh melts off my skeleton.
Looking down at myself,
I see a shell of who I once was.
I peer into his dark,
empty e...
Monday 4th June 2018 11:03 pm
Recent Comments
David RL Moore on Between two Worlds
6 hours ago
Tom Doolan on Christmas For One
17 hours ago
Rolph David on The Girl Who Sold The Stars
19 hours ago
Trevor Alexander on Sixty Is Not The Age To Worry
19 hours ago
Larisa Rzhepishevska on Sixty Is Not The Age To Worry
20 hours ago
Red Brick Keshner on Christmas Glow
1 day ago
Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh on The Girl Who Sold The Stars
1 day ago
Holden Moncrieff on The Girl Who Sold The Stars
1 day ago
Stephen Gospage on Moon over Ukraine
1 day ago
Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh on Moon over Ukraine
1 day ago