Given up, given out,
nothing, nothing,
but the beast, and tied
to the rack of life.

This is it, and all there
can be for me with no
determination, no destination,
determined, held by the
forces outside, inside,
pulling me along in chains.

And love is but a dream
invented for the free who
do not see this life I live with
the beast alongside, in me.

 

8/10/2022