damaged
(december 8th 2011)
i fell today,
just a pebble on a puddled path
and i stumbled
that jolt was all i needed
to realise.
and as i was falling,
i saw my face in the water
it was terrified,
broken; cut by glass and words
stitched together with bloodied elastic bands
sprawled on the ground,
i lifted a muddied face and with squinting eyes
my gaze followed the crepuscular horizon
and i saw the past
a rugged path, descending
marked only by shattered lamps
lights and words a disregarded guide
it was stained
for i have been spilt
spilling and spilling through the steps i thought were progress
somewhere along the way, i have lost myself.
