penance

shivering, quivering, blubbering mess

 

unequivocally unimportant, unaware, and unimpressed

 

who cares about the world as it moves on around us

 

let’s forget, let’s forgo, the falsehoods that surround us

 

in the blood, in the veins, of those i’ve tried not to care for

 

in the carnage, in the massacre, beneath the surface, beneath the pores

 

no matter, no mind, no mention, no memory

 

experimental, existential, excitingly exemplary

 

i remember, i remain, i remind, i reflect

 

all the pain, all the sorrows, all i wish to reject

 

my own advice i don’t heed, my own words i begin

 

are cut short, cut off, yet cut deep into my skin