The Numbness

Double helix, connected naught,

Synaptic integrity, divisive-lost,

Surging symptomatically, tightening brindle’s grip,

Who’s to blame, purging this apprenticeship?

Cylindrical cycle of crimson red,

Violent exposure to words unsaid,

Accentuated flux sucking clean,

A once constricted grasp careens,

A dream concocted from clay and sand

Intricate nuance betrayed by plan,

Valhalla’s arrival, at long last,

But first, a hero’s shadow I must cast,

The war within, the fight to live,

Apostolic effigies drained by sieve,

A war internal, its fragment’s break,

Which path should a shadow take?

Untold measures preach and spout,

Plausible deception sheltering doubt,

Crawling bandaged, along withered walls,

Crevice crumbling, hope- sputters, stalls,

Mesmerized by crushing dawn,

Puppet strings to wounded pawn,

Surreal focuses accost,

Past and future lines are crossed,

Blinded parallels,

Nuance’s known too well,

A vicious corrosion time does tell,

Forgotten baseline for a damaged shell,

God of thunder, God of War,

End this suffering, Ares, Thor,

Sinew strapping limbs with ease,

Convictions, corrections, I cannot appease,

A fragile illusion, possessing slow,

Embers floating just below,

Rerouted forth and back,

Premise diluted by deluged attack,

Trapped like beast, within a cage,

Key dangling, beyond reach, inspires rage,

A throne in Hell awaits my seat,

No pomegranates left to eat,

Non-existent reprieve,

Colliding rhythms, myopic disease,

Separate-Reignite, I tyrant, I slave,

Chaotic ramblings of laws once paved,

Save me now, save me here,

 Forfeiture, I’ve let go of fear,

Legacy surrendered, a shallow rendition,

Bed of coals burning skin, feeling nothing in this condition