Atrophy

You brush your cares off
Like dust from your shoulder

I wear my thoughts
Stained into my skin

You shed the shadows
Just a step away from light

I am consumed and dimmed
And become just a silhouette

You dismiss your anger
As a troubled after thought

I burn hollow inside
While kindling a hatred

You grow stronger
With each face you meet

I become smaller
With each breath I take

Becoming less and less
Numb and thoughtless

I see but I can't feel
As my chest begins to still

No more beating
Atrophy