1. Commit to this program.
2.
Never
Ever
Let anyone in.
Ever.
3. Barricade that threshold to your being with oak boards and ebony panels that would give
Sampson nightmares of remembrance amidst his reverberations of understanding.
4. Shellac them till they shine with the goopy slime that was once your bleeding heart.
Let the sun blaze it to a blinding finish till Christ hangs his head because
he taught us all better than this but he lived it better than we ever could.
5. Scale this monument to your pain with your bare hands and burst in through the ceiling.
Paint target rings around the hole above you and practice your rock throwing.
Take comfort in knowing that anyone who missed the message at the door
is too foolish or too late to deserve your pity.
6. Curl your lips and hurl hurts freely.
Be fearsome. Be fearless.
Brush your teeth with your sword for the health of your razor tongue
Hide your gums
bloody from hurting words.
But stay strong and steadfast.
There are savages out there.
7. When the stars come
Resist the promise in their wishes.
When the rain comes
Reject the healing waters of redemption.
Curse the new day
and the born again passage of time.
Remain crystalized
hardened. fossilized
frozen. calloused.
petrified.
Do
not
move.
Stick to the plan.
(Instructions for loneliness sold separately)
This just *sounds* forceful to me, like I can hear it in my head in a gruff voice. Also, in the last stanza, did you intentionally use 'petrified' for its double-meaning of being either fossilized to stone or petrified with fear?
ReplyDeleteBoth. People who would rather live like this are afraid of being hurt, so they shut themselves off like this in defense but the root of it is really just fear, as much as they may not understand that sometimes.
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