04-14-2017, 01:01 AM
Wired to the machine
I had it by the wrist
as it hung over the cliff,
my strength distracted
by the rugged white below
and the steady alarms
getting louder, breaking through
with each crushing wave.
A sudden jolt
held only by my finger tips,
a track that trembles
with the approaching train
electricity pumps peristaltic
inside the vain.
I could see the words
as they added their weight,
climbed on its back.
Impossible for me to take
with this failed grip.
I told myself I wasn't sure
who let go first,
but I know who found
the abyss beneath the switch.
I had it by the wrist
as it hung over the cliff,
my strength distracted
by the rugged white below
and the steady alarms
getting louder, breaking through
with each crushing wave.
A sudden jolt
held only by my finger tips,
a track that trembles
with the approaching train
electricity pumps peristaltic
inside the vain.
I could see the words
as they added their weight,
climbed on its back.
Impossible for me to take
with this failed grip.
I told myself I wasn't sure
who let go first,
but I know who found
the abyss beneath the switch.
If your undies fer you've been smoking through em, don't peg em out