OF MONSTERS AND FEELINGS (a collab with Nick Nguyen)

 

Of Monsters and Feelings

Long days pass

As I rest 

My pounding head

On my cold hands

Now reflecting 

Memories

Like a shattered 

Glass mirror.

Starting with

A heartbeat and pulse

Rising ever

So slightly

I feel the threat

Of something monstrous enter.

Next comes pain

Like hot needles

Protruding quickly

Through my skin

A dull pain 

In my stomach

That ruins the night.

Then comes the realization 

Then the terror

And the terror turns to worse

Worse than any word so spoken

In conversation or in verse.

I have never known such anguish

Such despair or numbing fear

How can I bear this dark existence
Without your presence shining here?

(c) Copyright Nicholas Nguyen 2019

In Collaboration with +Voo Voo