Invisible Demons

 

Art Print by Graeme Carrol

Innocent flesh inhales the city, and exhales chaos into the nerves.

The heart, awoken by chaos, beats nausea into the throat.

Eyes closed but white light streaks into the retina.

Kill off stimuli but blinding images still flicker.

The sound of a vessel pounds pain into the mind.

Taken over by invisible demons, I fight them through this sleepless night.

Serenity is hard to find.

-April 22, 2019


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