In the darkness, cold and clinging,
Battered, bruised, and bleeding, has this
Heart been waiting, betrayed and condemned
To sit in silence feeding on
Its undue self loathing and recriminating.
In the darkness, cold and clinging,
Alone in silence voraciously feeding on
Inane intolerance of itself, betrayed, condemned,
Still waiting to remember itself and
Leave behind its feeding… alone in
Silence… in darkness, cold and clinging.
10-26-04