064: Conclusion

Gallery of mummies,

murdered parts of self,

wrote in red, the clouded life,

as exposures drag the head,

the earth drank the blood

that seeped between

the cobblestones.

In our mausoleum,

honey shrouds the corpse,

the hurting words

and the loss

of what was never there.

Absent angel,

present the echo,

in the concrete world,

pitch black solid;

I answer to -

find myself

in blank days,

terror in the night,

hold back

the rose of anger,

nude skin stripped

of denial.

Sun flare whipped,

when they speak,

every word,

the knife described,

parchment the mouth,

throwing stones

to build the cathedral

Cold dark hides,

restoration in the distant,

cupboards of my heart,

the spiders' racket;

you may feel

a little sting.