Rot

Eyes peeled
Sun for sustenance
My heart, a race
A bad taste

So take me home
I’m tired of oxygen
The neck it rolls, on my soft bones
My palms wet
The feet swell
Enlarged tongue
Burnt by the salt

So take me away
Cavernous chest
Let the muscle rot
This is all my fault
So take me away
This is what my gold bought
So take me away

Dragging whimper
The insects lurk
Stalking, waiting
Glory, anticipating
Desperate fingers grasp to hopeless life
The sun takes my soul, the ground is my bride

So take me away
Cavernous chest
Let the muscle rot
This is all my fault
So take me away
This is what my gold bought
So take me away
Away

With the insects I weep
Haunted blood
Road map veins
Smells of gray
Taste of sand
A smile in my mind
Hopeful death comes
I await the grin of my saint, my friend
A tiny speck
A small hum. I can’t feel my fingers
Hope has come to take me home, away to my end
So take me home. A willing man

So take me home
Death my friend
Take me home
Take me away
Take me home
Death my friend