Thoughts Get Knotted

Thoughts get knotted,
doubling in gales
…I step into the shower…
hot water
-raw-
streaming down my back,
magnifying inked years
…everything falls into design…spider web storylines,
my tangled tongue slipping loose
-moonshine smooth-
igniting cindered pulse,
stories thought lost in labyrinthine gray
-crawling moon beds-
…bloodshot my eyes…dawn delay the break
-dreams kaleidoscope night-
starling murmuration,
eclipsing starfire reverberation
-wings-
symphony of black,
night’s womb an abyss
inferno of autumnal death
-iridesce-
mottled flight and maple fringe

E.A. O'Connell