retrograde ; a poem.

i.

       my eyes are peeled open,

       immobilizing, crushing weight.

       a heavy fog descends upon me,

       my limbs are shackled, restrained.

ii.

       a catalog of memories flash before me,

       cut scenes, oversaturated with red ink.

       fog seeps into my pores, all consuming;

       my mouth unhinges, but i cannot scream.

iii.

       my arms are splotchy pink from being scrubbed clean.

       i cannot undo what you have wrecked upon me.

       my body is foreign, unwelcome, disengaged;

       my corpse will be the only part untouched by you.