Death Haunts Me Daily

though when I raise my arms

for it to take me away

it quickly gets behind me

tapping me on my shoulder

and when I turn around

it’s not there

I have never cried so loudly

in my life

never been so bullied

so traumatized

so cheated

this world is fooling me

I cannot keep

my head raised

it falls onto my chest

there’s saliva flowing

out of my mouth

and so much turbulence

like I am in an aircraft

about to crash

it is so noisy

like mad music

entering my ears

along with jeeps

and bikes

and trumpets

and drums

and they are

dragging me

somewhere

it is like the end

of the universe

there are all

these sirens

and people

keep coming at me

and what am I

to do

but crash onto

the ground

screaming

and they have

tied me

but won’t come

when I call them

what do they want

will they sacrifice me

like an animal

and when I ask them

what they want

they laugh and cry

and I do the same

but I do not die

I’m just being pushed

and pulled

and all I can say is

I am finished

I am finished

I am finished

though I know

I am still alive

I am not dead

they just keep

changing my bed.

You Cannot Stop Thoughts

from coming into

your mind

like waves

they’ll keep

lashing you

and then after

much noise

you are calm

your sea of talk

a blue diamond

of stillness

and quiet

sparkling under

the sun

drink this ocean

slowly

enjoy every sip

and then sleep

and dream

sweet dreams

on the bed

of the starry sky.

Devils Disturb my Sleep

coming into my bedroom

through tiny gaps

in my window

and walk over me

waking me up

just out of wickedness

and I fight them

catching them one by one

and flinging them out

from where they came

then I go back to bed

but they crawl in again

between those

little openings

and slip into

my ears and nose

and I get up with a start

and grab them once more

one by one angrily

and this time

they get scared

and start crying

and say Dominic

we are really sorry

we won’t bother

you anymore

promise

please let us go

while I decide to

release them

and they turn

into winged angels

fanning me

from above

in a circle

as I start to snooze

feeling good.

So Much Persistence

you need to live

life is not a bed

of roses

someone

told me once

and now I know

it is a bed of thorns

and you are nothing

more than an animal

or a ghost

you simply do not matter

and then nothing makes sense

you find

when the puzzle slowly solves

itself in your mind

and you look at death

in the face

and laugh in transcending

ecstasy

filling up this universe.

I Am Thrown

like a bomb

and I can explode

or I might

fail to go off

I am someone

that exists

and I am

also dead

I sleep

in my bed

though my ghost

walks the streets

at night

life is like that

you never know

the complete truth

you look for words

that soothe

we are such

pitiful creatures

and our situation

is really bad

and that’s why

we’re so sad.