Watch ME

Watch me walk the dark alley, barefoot no footprints climb the shapeless hill Watch me sit with groans and moans Count the bruises before they join the scars Watch me nurse my foot wallow in thoughts listen to owls hoots on my failures. Watch me fade away like a sunset die to the imitation of me like a stirred egg poured on a hotplate. smooch the dusk breeze whiff the evening dust Watch me sleep, wake up to the call of the future I've craved for stand up on my black-and-blue legs wincing to the constant pains. Watch me unscramble the fractures walk on the creaky narrow road climb the hill the hundredth time hold on to the slopes watch me reach the steep, watch me stare back at the gravelled land. watch me dance in glee ...