Mirror.

Life is a human body.
We are inside, (pause) as we are outside.
We are a human body, (speed up) whether it be physically or mentally.(pause)
We acquire infections, we grow,(crescendo) we develope, we wear out,
(pause, decrescendo) we expire.
We are vain, we are greedy, we are
(shout) HUNGRY FOR MORE.

Shall we be strangled???
By the bodies we are imprisoned in?
Our insides, (speed up) our experiences, our needs, outcries, fears (pause)
(slower) scrape the insides of our throats, shiver through our bodies, seep out of our pores..
begging with silence yet weighted and through gritted teeth.
I AM HERE THIS IS WHO I AM (pause) YOU WILL LISTEN.

Close your eyes. Physically.
Reach out, touch his face, pull away, turn away.
"No.."
He says silently with a touch.
Pulls you in, kisses your mouth.
Your mind's soundtrack plays an old rise of romantic violins.
In this moment. Complacency.
Love blinds. Mentally.


We hide.
We block it all out.
But it finds our pores,
our eyes..supposed windows to our souls
our subconscious, how penetrable.
Whatever "it" is.

"It" is our fault.
And we know it.
What "it" doesn't know is that we learn.
No matter how much time it takes
We will always learn.

That is all.
Now we're through.
We've expired..as in we've now used up
all that we could've possibly used up
within the time alotted, of course.
Everything we have ever strangled,
Will return the favor eventually.