Pipes Dreams

Scum explodes from a black pipe
of splintered bones and rotting cavities.
That sticky filth you spew
Wallpapered me to the corroded box
Of our home.

And your fiery black eyes brand me
Coward, Thief, and Liar.
Eyes so hot with love and hate
That tears drip to cool my reddened cheeks.

Air slams me down even before your hand connects
And I hold my breath as the noxious cloud enshrouds me.

I choke on the smoke of your bitter soul.

Then, as I lay gasping, you spit bullets of inky tar
That cling to the holes of my honeycomb heart.

The sweetness has long rotten from love's disease.

Plug all my empty caves with your filth
So that another generation of waste carries on.
I stand silent as you scar my life,
Burn me with your acid eyes,
And bruise me with your iron hands.

My tongue swells with volcanic retorts.
My flesh erupts in shivers and quakes.
Saliva pools in my mouth to quench the heat.
I keel under the burden of being a part of you.

Cripple my words with your slander,
And bury reason under your waves of rage.
Corrupted love blooms black on my face.
My hopes are nothing but pipe dreams -
Flaring brightly before flickering out.