Alt.Schmerz

i.
concession: fall with me and soar in rings
but not against: those who have tried to break me
from solitary habits have inevitably
been met with failure

ii.
digression: walk with me through the blaze
or: those fall colors paint the trees like fire
trembling over themselves
a roiling mass of exaltation: i never want to leave

iii.
repression: fade with me into life
(wake. we have left but all is not right)
paint and repaint the walls
i rearrange my shelves again

iv.
obsession: be alone with me amidst the ripples
in a small pool of opaque wavelets
i will sit for hour upon hour
tan tiles and black marks upon the walls to comfort me

v.
regression: do not befriend me
with the express purpose of changing me
i say this because i don't care
for the idea of you getting hurt