My poetry prompt for NaPoWriMo and Cheer Peppers is a mixed media painting that started as an idea but morphed into a memory. Some memories remind me of who I was and who I no longer am. Prints coming soon to Hastywords Art.
I close my eyes
To toilet paper
Littering concrete
I stand inside
A doorless stall
Like a tree
Without bark
I am cold
With too much
Shiny skin
It prickles
It crawls
The music
Is too loud
I can’t blink
I can’t speak
The music
Is too drunk
I can’t move
I can’t…
Glittered faces grow
Shrinking strangely
Next to me
I don’t think
They know I’m here
I find my feet
I float into mazes
Where am I?
I am not here
I close my eyes
To cold ceramic designs
Lying inside
Shapeless dark
Like a worm
Without bones
I am transparent
The black hole
The swallowing void
The music is too drunk
And I fold into its belly