hovering
betwixt states
can be hollowing

golden light
sends daggers
piercing through
mypapermachemind

the pressures
internalexternal
emotionaldevotional
has the world spun
into a sick of pastel
delusions witnessed
fromabonedivingbell

i dreamt of you
an unfocused fever
remembered by the
bittermetallictaste
when i woke to find
nothing but a ghost

how long must i hover
before this lead balloon
finally ruptures