A Flood of Tears

A Flood of Tears

When tears glue eyed lids’ tar to balls of fire
	
        and tear apart a soothing balm called resolution
	
        as tar defeats the lysosomes of ragged vision
	
        a third eye calls for sixth sense in a sickened time
		
                 a cry for a cry decries a festering splinter inside out



When shackled chakra invites distorted sounds

	sticks on that loopy tone and tune in endless loops

	as hearing plasters mucilage in mutilation’s muteness

	a third ear of quietude invites a healing frequency

	        a voice reprimands cacophony and beats the drums

When smell exudes a sewer’s skewer

        taste falls foul on buds and buts again

        touch lost its grip on grapple’s clench

	and rotting leaves leave decomposed what’s left behind

		one message remains to battle out the wreckage

There is no phoenix no panacea no external healing

        no clever plot to complete the warring conqueror’s return

        let alone no algorithm or conceited panoply of ease

	but only you can change the things you try and can

		and everything starts with longing length for suffering to cease
Copyright © | Year Posted 2018


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Date: 8/4/2019 5:57:00 PM
A profound write, Kai. Nothing can change unless you have the will to change it.
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Date: 10/3/2018 7:01:00 PM
Mindboggling imagery. I love the juxtaposition of the third eye to the third ear. Congrats on your well deserved top win, Kai.
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