587. Buzz

Buzz. Buzz. Buzz. Buzz.

A busy little brain,

Inside the head,

Can drive a man insane.

Buzz. Buzz. Buzz. Buzz.

A word is just a word,…

Though,…repeated…

Begins to sound absurd.

Buzz. Buzz. Buzz. Buzz.

There’s no rest from the roar.

Ev’ry voice speaks,

And there is an encore.

Buzz. Buzz. Buzz. Buzz.

The armies rise up strong…

Time for the war,

And it’s sure to be long.

Buzz. Buzz. Buzz. Buzz.

A busy little brain,

Trapped in the head,

Can drive a man insane.

K. Aldaya, 7/1/22

Picture: By Bethany Szentesi on Unsplash; https://unsplash.com/photos/GE43_0fqwQs

458. Runaway

My body fights while my mind runs away.

How can I get it to stop running, and stay?

My body, it lives, though my mind…it plays dead;

And quite convincingly, acts as brainless instead.

You do not know me…as I am not there.

I hide and you do not notice or care.

You call me a moron for being unaware;

As I run further away in despair.

What can I do? And what can I say?

To make my restless, broken soul stay?

I look out, trapped behind my eyes,

And it’s no longer me who hurts or cries.

My body fights while my mind runs away;

Though sometimes I wonder…why should it stay?

K. Aldaya, 10/25/18

Picture: http://discovermagazine.com/2012/jul-aug/05-ways-to-leave-your-body

364. Us

I cannot sleep. I can’t escape,

The prison of my heart.

The warden holds his keys to me,

Yet I can’t run from my heart,

No matter how much it torments me.

I cannot rest. I dream of you.

My soul’s afflicted by your voice.

Your presence punishes my flesh.

Ah, the warden knows there is no choice…

All men are prisoners of the flesh.

I cannot leave. I can’t escape,

These walls of blood and flesh.

The world is built upon our cells,

Of passion and distress.

For there are no heavens or hells…

Only us.

K. Aldaya, 9/1/16

Picture: from Vampire Diaries; http://www.melty.es/the-originals/photos/