*stasis*

STASIS

Inhale. Exhale. A sleep of rhythm.
The dying stars of memory.
Circle complete and never-ending
Drawn in graph. Eternity.
Skin is glass, veins psyche's network
Hair on pillow fading stain
Wires cold and loving, penetrating
Virgin flesh and schoolyard pain.
Here. He waits, in barren half-life
Future negated, past a dream.
Forget: pale face in family album.
See: child of needle, silenced scream.
This is stasis. Sterile, forgiving.
Inconsequence an ache of past
Blind. Obsolete in absolution
In mind's eye centerpiece at last.
Forget: small magics, conjurations
Bedroom rituals, acts of faith.
This is power. In subjugation
In coma waiting, perfect waif.
Ascend. Sever connections now
Withdraw emotion, shimmer free
In morphia peace; a resurrection.
White world, white noise. Epiphany.

POETRY