The Prisoner
Posted: Fri May 02, 2008 9:04 am
I'd be interested to hear what you all think, I'm in two minded about it myself. Would particularly like any suggestions in terms of alternate language, my vocab is painfully limited, Cheers!
My flesh contracts
at the bite of bitter enamel
as I ease my weight
from my feet.
It takes until I am seated
to hear
his stifled breath.
I freeze.
Beyond my shoulder
he too
waits
held in rigor,
by the shackles of his nerves.
I attempt to marry my breath
with the drip of a tap,
hiding my presence,
but the silence is crushing.
I’m thrown into
a battle of control.
My nails taste my flesh,
my head pulls back
as my guts
contract
yearning for the command
of release.
His defeat his signaled by
a cacophony of
splutters and coughs
with the failed mechanics
of concealment.
I wait for his flush
to release my shame
and then
the full polyphonic splendour
of my bowels
can be drowned
in the sound
of rapids
and his bedraggled steps
drifting from my ear.
I exhale.
My flesh contracts
at the bite of bitter enamel
as I ease my weight
from my feet.
It takes until I am seated
to hear
his stifled breath.
I freeze.
Beyond my shoulder
he too
waits
held in rigor,
by the shackles of his nerves.
I attempt to marry my breath
with the drip of a tap,
hiding my presence,
but the silence is crushing.
I’m thrown into
a battle of control.
My nails taste my flesh,
my head pulls back
as my guts
contract
yearning for the command
of release.
His defeat his signaled by
a cacophony of
splutters and coughs
with the failed mechanics
of concealment.
I wait for his flush
to release my shame
and then
the full polyphonic splendour
of my bowels
can be drowned
in the sound
of rapids
and his bedraggled steps
drifting from my ear.
I exhale.