Suffering

You hang there
words not forming
speech not happening.

Disconnected.

Your head
is in a world of its own
like a head
that’s been in an accident.
Muffled bandaged mummified.

If someone hammered a nail into it
you wouldn’t feel a thing

until
Aagh!

how you’d scream
when the pain is suddenly recognised
by your reconnected brain.


Tear Off Your Own Head