Hate

I've set aside this cage

and now I walk around it

inside its my heart

chained and grounded

with nails driven

puncture wounded

to the concrete

cracks abounding

splitting open ground

and up comes without a sound

the murmurs of a broken soul

like smoke rises from burning coal

leaving you breathless, shivering cold

brought back from the dead

with the hearts you stole

incensing words

with furious fervour

to reach inside

at the demons I murdered

for every head I take

two more pop up

like a hydra snake

and so my axe

it keeps on swinging

lopping of faces

that keep on grinning

as I am spinning

tilting over

like the earth on its axis

every nerve in me telling me

I need some more practise

as I am overtaken

multi-headed snake bites

leave me visibly shaken

their talons around my ankle

it is me that they rake in

like fallen leaves on autumn days

in the garden of my fate

as I'm thinking to myself

why do I hesitate

take that leap of faith

and leave behind

this world I hate