and is hissing like crazy
my eyes are red
the serpent’s poison
has entered
my bloodstream
and I am thrashing about
from the pain
life is so horrible
why can’t it leave
me alone
why this wickedness
towards me
what did I do?
Tag Archives: Head
Life is Torment
especially in the morning
when I cannot think
when my mind is in
broken pieces
all around
yet without it
I cannot live
somehow it gives me
the sense of
an impossible
unavoidable situation
and it is raining
fire and ice
I know my head
my heart
can’t keep up
my body ill
and tired
I still carry on
cursing.
Mortality Hangs Over Our Head
anytime we could be gone
and there’s no coming back
anything could happen to us
and in the big picture
our differences don’t matter
it makes sense to look out
for each other
rather than fight
all these wars
they are so horrendous
children dying
such shattering images
that break our spirit
and leave it lost
what do we gain
by doing harm
why this violence
these bombs and bullets
this spilling of
innocent blood
when will it stop?
The World is Killing
The pressure on my mind
from the news
bad news
makes me wither
like the fallen feather
of a bird
and I feel guilty
of having
a good time
ignoring the deaths
of my fellow
brothers and sisters
life is maddening
whatever misfortune
caused me to be born
made me a spirit torn
so ashamed I feel like
my head is being shorn.
Can You Hear the Thought
in my mind
can you see
the flickering frenzy
of people
shuttling through
my head
can you feel
the icy chill
of my hands
the heat
of my body
if you can
take my
absent heart
hold its invisibility
with your fingers
without puzzlement
only then
will I live.
Today I Had to Physically Move the Sun
from breaking into my head
I distinctly heard my stomach
call my surname
though that was of no help
then a hammer said
it could sort out the problem
and rose to the sky
banging away at its corners
to realign it
shouting out to me push push
and I used all my strength
till I moved the damn thing
now when I look at my hands
there are two paradises there
and I rub my eyes with them
as the dead come alive
pumping their fists
in the air
when everyone finally makes it
the universe cries
hurrah hurrah hurrah
and starts running
its solo race again.
The Mad Beast
lunges towards me
it is an animal
I have never seen before
not a creature this big
almost covering
the sky
its colour ash grey
like death
its horns it now
points towards
my body
and there it is
on the attack
and I jump out
of the way
and the demon
with its evil
its idiocy
gets its head
buried in the Earth
and it can’t
pull it out
and I stand by
and watch
while the devil
thrashes about
till it is still
and disappears
as it dies.
There is so much Pressure
in my mind
it feels like
my head
is going
to explode
and I think
of the universe
as a balloon
being filled
with blood
about
to burst
anytime.
Heat Moves through my Head
and fire my body
this has burned
my brain
and turned my heart
to ash
I live though
and breathe blood
and when I walk
my footsteps make
the street melt
whatever I look at
quickly crumbles
to dust
so I close my eyes
not wanting
anymore
destruction
then a bell
begins to ring
in my ears
and it is so loud
I scream in pain
as roots of trees
break open
the ground
and grab me
dragging me
under the Earth
are you stupid
to be up there
they ask me
and not knowing
what to say
I keep quiet
then they bring me
the carcass
of a human
and shout
eat this
and I dig into
the flesh
and start gorging
on it greedily.
My Head Feels like it’s Inside a Clothes Dryer
my thoughts whirling in heat
my mind is a blur
an old black and white TV screen
with bad transmission
and I sit at my window
looking outside
and I watch the green trees
and the bright sunlight
through it
and I look at the vehicles
and the people
but most of all I look
at the birds flying
knowing the world
will end.
Dominic Alapat 
