Self Inflicted Wounds
self inflicted wounds
the dog circles his tail in sickness
returns to eat the vomit it just spat out
resultant to partial assimilation of prior acts
sort of a body language umlaut
smoke the stick of cancer
knowing full well the slow death that it brings
eat the salt, fat and sugar cane
to satisfy the uncontrollable cravings
living a battered existence
humiliation day after day
returning to find knuckles so hard
once burlap now merely chambray
force the beer down to stop the shakes
not wanting but having to
bloodshot eyes, hands tremble with sweat
skin having the grayish hue
self inflicted wounds
there are so many
ways to suffer and die
but like the dog
return's to the pile
and never knowing really quite why
Copyright © 2007 Ronald J. Edwards
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Addiction?
Re-living patterns of behaviour time and again though we know things are bad for us. The 'hold' that these things can have over us.
Debs
Yes you know
Ronald J. Edwards
Trinity Ink
http://trinityinkexperiencestrengthandhope.blogspot.co
Debs,
what insight you have to the patterns that have been and yet no longer are here to haunt me, you see what i lived and the pain i went thru thank god they no longer have hold, self inflicted wounds come in so many forms.
blessed be
Ron