Ophelia
Anything but silent
moving pictures flash before eyes
that cannot see
a mouth that moves without sound
a body dancing joylessly
yet this flesh
which holds everything inside
is painfully alive
crawling over these bones like black earth
nourishing soil
in need of a cleansing rain
the filth collects beneath cracks and crevices
quaking breath
trembling limbs
soot filled lungs gasping for light
searching for salty tears to bathe in
wave upon wave
drifting
away
Angela Minard 2014©
"Ophelia drowned in the water/crushed by her own weight"
Lyrics by Jewel~"Innocence Maintained"
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