Leviathan

Take a look 

At the inside of my cheeks: 

They’re scarred and torn 

From the clenching and gnashing of teeth. 

Chewed tissue hangs like the tattered sail  

Of the shipwreck that is my mouth. 

 

And its skeleton crew, 

Half buried but still grinding against one another, 

Their bones pressed up against the bow, 

Desperately trying to escape the bitter sea  

That’s slowly flooding this giant coffin.  

 

They tear up their pirate’s flag frantically 

In spite of their marauding hearts; 

Betraying everything that they are, 

Opening their mouths 

To scream at the top of their lungs, 

“Please! I surrender.”  

 

Just as the murky depths rise  

To fill their throats with a burning hopelessness,  

To pour into every orifice the heaviness of indifference, 

Reducing their cries to soft gurgles, 

Swaddling their corpses in sour brine, 

Skeletons suspended, 

Forgotten.  

 

And the slumbering Leviathan below  

Awakens 

And swallows up the entire ocean, 

Growing and growing  

Until it begins to choke on itself, 

Lungs suffocated by its own weight. 

Growing, 

Until it smothers the whole world  

With its bitter loathing. 

Reviews

[Chris]

Was a "cute" About Me.

Anger and frustration seem to fill the thoughts. Disappointments seem to be a sign of the times now.