Brokenness on Deck

Dormant are these dreams
A comatose longing for worth
The concreteness that slipped from under my feet
A bitter farewell
An unwanted departure
Just please come back, and tell me you’ll stay

This agitation I wear every day
Damns me by the hour
Faceless I am
An alien I have become
Numb to my own existence
A ghost to all of creation
Haunting this entire universe
Just to feel a fraction of surety
Screaming my plea
Under the microscope of desperation
Just hear me!
See me!

I want to belong
I WANT TO LOVE THIS UNLOVED SKIN
This prison I perceive
An illusion clothed in a delusion
Hypnotic falsehood
A lie bathed in cleverness

Survival is a must
The pivotal truth is ready to blow
Collateral damage favored, recommended
Embracing this crossfire
Until the very end
A speck that became a spire
A foundation built from a wreck
Faith unrelenting, unyielding
Refusing to be this brokenness on deck

2012 Vincent Cuccolo