This Far Down

Light dissolves
This far down
Into the cold
The unknown

No more warm sand
No more sun in my eyes

Breath runs out
This far down
Out of my lungs
Filling with water

No more oxygen
No more air to keep me alive

Things

Burn inside me
A phantom, a liar
I try to feed you
With things and more things

You're dead
Like I want you
They told me to make you
They walk in a line

I don't listen to you
There are more urgent voices
Alive, I'm alive
And you're dead

Blind to the clones
Who scream in my ears
Stab me with crosses
Blood from their slaughter

Give me what's expected
And die more each day
Take what you're given
Raining down over me
 
Burn all the art
And eat all the books
Fill your belly
With things and more things

They float out to sea
With your forgotten body
My ashes orbit
With nothing inside

Flake

Red, red flower

Nearly 10 years later

Crumble down, fade

Petals turn to ash

Wilt, sad flower

Life blooms without her

Dry out, flake

Falling on the ground

Where's my flower

Floating by the water 

Drown her, die

Next to muddy banks

Red, red flower

Losing all your power

Stained with faded ink

On her rough, old skin