withheld sunlight
o powerless meaning
I derided this lain proof
and spoke in riddles of the empty lancaster
for I broke into life with a challenge of self
to experience like humans
the approximation of existence

less than fearless, less than caring
a pup and a wolf in mindless abandon
I shrug at convention and conform
longing for oblivion
and remain only a functional animal

the morning seizes the darkness without impact
and horror only begins to bow
my sighing wells, and the hollowness echoes endlessly
what is still is neither frozen, nor dead
but threatens to implode in gasping waves

I remember, I remember... I remember everything
I remember everything
But he is gone, far within
And I lost, only an exoskeleton

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