from my body
and now
my head itself
has been
broken open
and my brain
stands exposed
and someone
with a sword
starts slicing it
till it is in pieces
on the ground
and my life
has long gone
and I am now
among ghosts
no one can see
O how miserable
it is to be me.
slices my neck
and I can feel
the burning pain
as I am severed
head and body
and the world
is a buzz
a swarm of insects
that I hear
in my ear
life is a bitch
really
a bad joke
a fatal choke
is this death’s poke
and you are smoke
that disappears
but before you go
you suddenly know
there shouldn’t be
any tears
you have
no more fears
and to this universe
you say three cheers.
of my body
makes me feel
like a bomb
that will explode
while there is this
lash of a sword
across my neck
and my head
rolls on the ground
and the people passing by
kick me to the kerb
and soon I am
in the gutter
the two parts
of me decay
and wither
and as the waste
of this world
pours from above
my skull and my skeleton
shake and rattle
now after life’s battle.
lashing out at you
and you are trying
to dodge it
wickedness
now flows
in its veins
as it comes
after you
and you run
panting
and you know
you are nothing
that you will
never be able
to outrun
the Universe
and yet you run
for your dear life
until finally
the cosmos
catches up
with you
and cuts
you down
and spits
on you
with a frown.
with a sword
and I am wounded
blood flows from me
as I stagger
and fall to the ground
there is so much pain
and this dizziness
that is so disorienting
like my head is turning
360 degrees
my open mouth
cannot say anything
and the cosmos
whirls like a demon
cutting me again
and now I scream in agony
the skies spinning
as my eyes begin to close
and the universe
finally stabs me
in the heart
and then there
is only darkness
and after that nothing.
Dominic Alapat 