A Body of Pain

The pain in layers brutally applied,

Like skin;

Carelessly plastered back to a wound.

Consequences oozing from the flesh,

Like blood;

Squeezed from a venomous snake bite.

Reality choking out life's joy,

Like lungs;

Forcefully filled with muddy water.

Trust left shattered on the floor,

Like ribs;

Crushed by a devastating blow.

Hope left hanging on by a bloody thread,

Like a body;

Ravaged by death yet filled with adrenaline.

Rotting is the past I leave behind,

Like a corpse;

Abandoned to decay in the fiery heat of the desert.

Distant is the hopeful future

Like an eye;

Gazing longingly at beauty beyond its reach.