22. On Weakened Limbs & Fractured Minds

Published April 26, 2026 · 1 min read

Insecurity of the identity built.
The tick tocking of the stressors of mind.

An unweaving of the compass of life.
Unwound by the knitting of fates.
Unravelling of time long-gone.

But oh it’s now.
Physically weak
Mentally exhausted.
The heart rocked but yielded, still.

Too still, to find the courage.
The burden of living:
We mortals yield to its gravity.
Its presence immense

Wracked with sand in the eyes,
a bloated gut of detritus in the belly,
Twelve breaths wheezy and laboured.
Just meatbags indentured.

Time feasts on flesh,
A host of a life unbeknownst
Asphodel calls, but I do not hear it.

2022/23 - 2nd of a rather emo phase

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