Dinner Bell

Words in my ears
ring
ring
ringing
A dinner bell just before
supper

This silence is
suff
suff
suffocating
And hey,
have you always
been such a
mouth breather?

We mutter our share of
'ums'
and
'yeah's
And I don't know what
to do
Can you tell me
how this
goes?

I'm on the verge of
everything
And all I can think of is
how I wish
the lights
were off

Don't look at
me
Eyes white fire
on my
shredding
peeling
bleeding
burning
skin

Hands like
oceans
can only
touch so
much

Sear this world
this sphyrical
tick
tick
ticking
clock or
bomb or
call it what you may
but
stop

Stop
stop and
rinse and
repeat
repeat
repeat
repeat

Until all that's
left
are our
skeletons
close together
on the floor
in my room
A distant reminder
that
nothing
lasts
forever.