been awake so long
the last nap is but a
bitter memory
of stinging sand
still forming
in the corner of
bloodshot eyes

on cruise control
as the hazard lights
flare in orange flashes
stealing night vision
leaving everything
in a perpetual dark
as i furiously blink
static afterimages
obscuring the wall
i barrel into nonchalantly
at full speed

the words gelatinized
numbly tumble
quivering on my chin
as a chaos of coarse
condemnations cull
the silent harvest
a desperation of
unquenchable desires
in half awake arrays