Filthy varmints.
Cute and clean pets.
Disease carriers.
Entertaining playmates.
Lab experiments.
Trainable characteristics.
Which do you prefer?
You or your rats?
Emotional Tearout
When you watch.
Sit still listening.
Feel the weight.
Pain crushes down.
Hope flickers briefly.
The light dims.
The scream rebounds.
Red tears awash.
The bomb shatters.
Life is gone.
Snow Blowing Monster
He can hear it
as it prowls.
Coming closer.
and closer.
To the hidey hole
he has taken refuge in.
When at last
the biped calls his name
he zips towards sanctuary.
Inside the house
his human can protect him
from the whirring monster outside.
Telltale signs
The geese have arrived.
Snow is melting.
The sun comes out more.
Moods are lifting.
Then nature sends another snowstorm.
10 inches expected.
On the Verge
Tears threaten.
Voice choked.
Body trembling.
Unasked for
yet so familiar
this age old
denial
refusing to be
washed away
once again.
Can I still be true
if I break down
once again?
The Enemy Within
The house will fall.
Mirrors shatter inside.
Windows break
As the tears leak out.
Shudders run through
as the façade crumbles.
My beating heart
falters as the ghosts gain purpose.
I can not control
what is left of my sanity
and what was built around me
destroys itself
as I flail in cold loneliness.
Cold Nights
Huddled under the blanket.
The only warmth
to be found
is in the space occupied
by my body.
Fetal position.
Legs cramping.
Stretching them
before pulling them back
into the only warmth found
despite the cramps.
Too cold to do anything
but shiver.
The night lasts longer
when sleep
is overridden by need for not freezing.
Tough
When the will is exceeded.
Strength defied.
Energy spent
and not returned.
How tough
does one have to be
in order to realize
not all strength
is a sign of being tough
but merely a handful of thoughts
Society wants us to exhibit?
Look me in the Eye
I see things.
My mind plays tricks on me.
I wander through aimless.
Somedays.
My life is full of oddities.
What colour do you see in my eyes?
I see all of them!
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Follow directions.
Inspiration to come.
Find the details.
Process your feelings.
Technical problems.
Sleep through the meeting.
Call in sick.
Never double your doubt.
Truth hurts.
Telling a lie is worse.
