J.V.W.

Temperature begins to fulminate within my body
From the nailbeds on my toes
Breaking through the ice in my veins
Easily, rapidly, passionately
Destroying, exploding through my intestines
Shaking, trembling through my finger-tips
It slows just enough to pierce, to penetrate and then
Easily, rapidly, passionately
In and out, back and forth, twisting and turning
Stabbing into and through that sacred organ
Again and again and again and again
Easily, rapidly, passionately
Grasping my neck, blocking my throat from any oxygen
Flushing my cheeks, choking my eyes, forcing my tears
To fall, to pour, to run, to slide down my face
Easily, rapidly, passionately
Pounding, punching, beating, bashing, hammering
My temples, my skull, my cerebrum
Hypervenilation, Hallucination, Headache, Hollering
Easily, rapidly, passionately
Helpless, restless, useless, worthless
Weak, still, immobile, paralyzed,
Shutting down........
Just as you fell for me, I crashed,
Just as you loved me, I loved, too,
Just as you received me, I lost you,
Easily. Rapidly. Passionately.


"I'll never forget you. They said we'd never make it. My sweet joy, always remember me."