black hole

to feel its soothing pulse again
over and over back into that prison
where demons wallow in shattered dreams

warping, coiling, overwhelming
day and night into ruin alone
sweeter the taste of oblivion

starving, trapping, soul tormenting
halted advance in dilated time
past and present ensnared in chains

circling, drowning, all-consuming
regret's shadow never finds rest
no way out for a toppled mind

in free fall around the twisting
pulled apart and never pieced together
can sleeping angels still hunger for life

and again and again and again
and again
and again and again and again
and again

in free fall around the twisting
circling, drowning, all-consuming
starving, trapping, soul tormenting
warping, coiling, overwhelming
to feel its soothing pulse again

(2022)

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