---

carry within


a fear

that blossoms on skin


forever alone


sorrow says

bury my bones


carry within

regret

for everything


tear old pain away


I renounce this day and

I renounce every wound

made in my flesh

made by my flesh


are you awake? what did you see?


I'm a sudden hissing,

right behind your ear.

a white noise


but it's quiet now


I am reason

I am fear


inflict.


I call out

and you fear me


I call out

and all the brothers in the world they hear me


but the pain remains the same