Multi-System
Organ Failure—
When
my eyes fell upon your frame,
You
took the breath from out my lungs.
Your
voice, which softly spoke my name,
The
sweetest song that’s ever sung.
It
hastens pace, this heart of mine,
Then
swells to burst inside my chest
When
all your fingertips, so fine,
Upon
my own do come to rest.
My
stomach fills with butterflies
And
my intestines somersault.
When
I get lost inside your eyes,
Your
boon, unblemished, I exalt.
A
cold sweat covers all my skin
Each
time we meet in an embrace,
All
while my mouth dries from within,
Your
faultless hand upon my face.
We
changed our bodies’ chemistries
The
very moment that we met.
What
followed—instability—
Left
us pathetic and upset.
Now,
My
larynx quivers when it speaks your name,
That
wretched word brings naught but pain—
It
ails my brain; it drives me insane!
What
once was my boon has become only bane!
You’re
the dark cloud now overtaking my mind
Sending
deadly bolts of lightning down my spine
To
strike the levies in my veins,
Flood
my blood with acid rain,
And
burst the pipelines, seeping acrid oil
To
ooze from my skin and blister and boil,
To
blacken my organs and cloud my thoughts,
Turn
my beating heart to a necrotic pocket of rot
That
quivers and cramps while my fetid blood thickens to clot,
Twist
my gut to knots and set my tongue to froth
With
a flood of drool and snot in a futile attempt to protect my teeth
From
the vomit induced when I hear you speak.
Just
the thought of you sets my teeth to clench.
Upon
my nostrils entrenched, your noxious stench,
And
if I ever yearn for your touch, my fingers burn; it’s too much!
My
stomach churns and skin turns to squirm and slither
Like
a ball of baby eels ‘til it blackens and withers
From
every inch you’ve ever kissed,
A
sentiment, admittedly, sorely missed.
