Walk
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I think I'd like to walk.
Until my feet fall off at the ankles
and my calves fall off at the knees
and my thighs fall off at the hips
I want to walk.
Until my pelvis falls off
at whatever joins a pelvis
to the rest of the body
I want to walk.
Until my ribs
and my spine
and my arms
and my skull fall to the ground
I want to walk.
Until the last human shreds of myself
lay displaced on the sidewalk
I want to walk.
Until my self destruction no longer comes in the noises of explosions
and the pain of self inflicted wounds
I want to walk.
Until the only noise you hear from the girl
are the small thuds of bone hitting the pavement
I want to walk.
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Markus
Intruiging. You convey a strong sense of emotional and physical pain through your words. It is a strange allusion to various limbs falling off from your desire to walk. I am not sure I quite understand. It is quite an ambiguous poem in that sense. There is not sufficient information (in my personal opinion, if not my ignorance) to provide a sound understanding of this poem. Could you elaborate on this please?