Sunday, September 21, 2008

Poem: Restraint

Restraint

Like an octopus, the tumor grappled the lung
angry tentacles sliding along
strangulating its own lifeline
Like a spy, infiltrating the pink tissue
speckled black with soot and remorse
winding caverns, yawning chasms

Too late we arrived, too deep for dynamite
spelunkers hands, grime and blood
coprolalic caves echoing disbelief
ship abandoned on this reef

Time to go, he said, another book
for the library of unfinished dreams
the nightmares, the night sweats
the darkness beyond the event horizon.

1 comment:

Sascha Qian said...

You've been writing some beautiful poetry lately.