the wind chimes
have settled
the sparrows
gone silent
only a dog barking
breaks the calm
and i can feel
the pressure
building above

i have a passion
for destruction
deconstruction
the fury of the
tempest on display
the chaotic majesty
scratchesacertainitch

let the rains come
thisextendedmanicstretch
has run me ragged
a nice doomsday gale
is precisely what
i need to rinse these
tar black stains from
myterminallyunwellbipolarhell
reproducingsoulshatterreveries

i long for an embrace
humancontactorstraightjacket
either way anything to
stop this incessant ache
i need put back together
but the pieces have been
knowntosliceoffhelpfulpfingers

washawaythesedreams
of nuzzling the back
of her neck as the rain
hammers the windowpane
aconfluenceofthunderas
staticarcsbetweenvagranthearts
incitingaravenoushunger

thefuckingsilenceknows
anymore bloodstains and
i am probably not getting
a penny of my deposit back
but you’ve gotta cut deep
to draw anything more
than tepid boredom
as azure bruises black