rot

my body is tired

a thousand years of insomnia plaguing my eyes

my spine is on fire.

i curl up, my mind is in tangles

i curl up

but cannot shut off

uncleansed thoughts pursuing

my every blink

my nails are jagged and

scabs keep layering over

wounds i keep renewing

my body is tired

my body is tight

my body is old

and my mind is exhausted.

i float

i sink

will i never taste euphoria

on the brim of my lips again?

my muscles are straining

i cannot move

and my skin is tearing apart

at least, feels like it.

my body is tired

so tired

and my mind wants to die.