Still locked in and choking
Surrounded by silent cotton white
As the water flows airless
Silky stagnation surrendering
To the badges
Skin pale and pink but so
Fragile and cracked purple
Capillaries and yellow tissue
An aging line deeper between your eyes
Cracking only in my mind
As I crack out further
A false sense of a heart beating
A distracted pulse bored and waiting
Faint heat of over haldol holdover hidden behind sick sweat
A slab of meat spoiled on its own
Weeping in sandbagged bed