slept
fourteen hours
straight as
the ravages of
illness sent
feverdreams in
a half catatonic
horror spiraling
through the
threadbare
hellish hollows
of my mind

awoken
her name half
whispered only
to be swept away
by a tsunami of
sour sweat
signaling the
red hot irons
thrust between
my ribs to yank
me under again
the burning embers
sizzle morosely
gleaming through
this veil of tears
as i am torn assunder
by the sickle smiles
engraved in sickness