Residual

By Evan Seid

My body---

I have none

My soul

shattered

like

glass

No reflection of who I am

and yet

My spirit

grounded in place

Floating…

aimlessly…

I move---

nowhere

A place I once called home

Is now the place

I’m trapped in forever

Like a record player

Playing the same song

over and over and over---

with no way to stop it

Cannot… reach out

Say… something

Feel… somewhere

Belong… anywhere

These flashes---

memories of people

coming and going

I try to see myself in the mirrors

The ones facing each other

An entrance calling, an exit whispering

I try to see myself in the mirrors

an entrance calling, an exit whispering

the ones facing each other

Find…

Find…

find

Terrible

Terrible

Terrible

Gone

Go ne

Incident

In=ci/de]nt

Unfortunate

Unfort---

Broken

B r o k e n

No more

I want to leave

I want to leave

Joyously, double rainbow after rain

Distant---jolt of lighting

sparks

a

t

r

e

e

sets it

a

ab

abl

ablz

ablza

ablaze

I try to communicate. It’s broken---

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ static ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

A portal to hell, they say

If that’s the case

Then I must been in heaven

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*BANG*

“Hear that? Coming from the walls.”

“It’s probably nothing.”

Casting down my invisible gaze---

What’s the point? I ask myself

A caged animal

done with crying for help

It’s my punishment, isn’t it?

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*CRACK*

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By Evan Seid