Stop

Reach for the stars
get burned by the light
follow your dreams
get a face full of smoke
go for the goal
trip on your feet

Frozen

Winter night
the frozen air sticking in my lungs
the icy moon sliding across the sky
silence as cold as my hands
this surreal world
Dead
Changed
Others hurrying along to find the warm hearths of fire
Not I
the snow is my pillow
the frozen water is my bed
on this winter night

Missing

Existing
breathing, blinking
But not living
floating in suspension
molten vats of neutrality
unfeeling motions
paced beats
silent thoughts

Victim

I am the gazelle trapped in a lions jaws
the rat in a snakes fangs
the moth in bat teeth
the prey
the hunted
the vulnerable prize
You caught me
Hunter
with your swift moves and sly steps
surrounded me
trapped me
then ate me alive
but even as I sit here
festering in your stomach
I can't help but laugh at you
Hunter
you did choke me down
ended my existence
but all you did was fatten yourself up
for the other hunter
I made you my prey
Hunter

Bottom

poisoned blood through tatter eyes
limp sounds through holes in words
empty thoughts through a clouded skull

Body

The human symptom
the chemical condition
love, anger, sadness
the pumping violence
the flowing lust
the ebbing sorrow
the same canals
the same two spillways

Lock

Life is already a paradise
Everything at your reach
Forever in your hands
You just have the wrong keys
standing outside in the hall of purgatory
Contemplation
Compromise
Vast fields of thought
only a few set out
Scour
Search for the missing keys
even fewer explore with open eyes