Poetry Reading: MY MIND IS AN ASYLUM, by Shannon Lynette
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1m 27s
Voice over by Val Cole
READ POEM:
The morbid star
That rises high above
Awakens me from internal slumber
I am a night serpent
Becoming one with the shadows
Who lurk on lonely windowpanes
My mind is an asylum
It was cursed the day
The dead walked among the fire
Ashes to ashes
Ashes to ashes
The air hangs low because of
The stench of burnt skin
My ears bleed red
I am a damned soul that is
Nothing more than a charred
Voiceless black hole
My heart is a dead chamber
Veins thick with tar
I leave a trail of dust when I march
I hunt in nocturnal light
Extracting the life out of
bone and flesh
I only exist to touch
The interior
Of your remains
I want to feel your last breath
In my everlasting grasp
Feel it drain from your pores
Watching your eyes become
Vacant canyons
This is what I breathe for
As death takes over your body
I want to be the last image
You will ever see
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