a cricket
trapped in an
ivory skull
batters itself
to be free
knowing there is
no escaping the
confines of this
cavernous hell
awash in an
oversaturation of
blind dismissals

the dry cracking
of yesterday’s
sundered smiles
wind swept as leaves
littering the
creases of a brain
bruised from the
concussive blows
of furiously delfected
misguided attentions

a lonesome
cricket
trapped in this
hollowed out
hallowed hallways
etched from
heartfelt hells
vibrating
in the darkness
a song of
loving agonies