I counted the days when I could break free,
each mark one day of living in your jail.
My mind had become surrounded
by such a fragile shell,
any tenuous crack would snap all sanity.
So everyday,
within the confines of
hell's imprisonment,
a simple mark brought me closer
to thoughts of unfettered freedom.
Survival became merely routine
as an acid tongue
burnt into my soul.
My path remained focussed
in marks of silent defiance
and there comes a time
when castle walls crumble.
Finally released
to travel my journey to happiness,
your embryo has bled
as I aborted your fusion



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