Circle of Salt

Hollow now, no warmth exhaled
Eyes will not, light has failed
Sleep don’t dream, nothing mends
Nerves are killed, buried with friends
Afar, apart
Below, besides
Reach can’t feel
Search can’t find
Arms are numb, these hands are dead
Greying now: blackening
I want pain again
Can’t cry, why can’t.
It won’t bleed
I can’t bleed
There was heat and light and day
There was life, there was «they»
Granite columns stripped away
What remains? what am I?
It doesn’t slow
And it doesn’t end
Sleep, don’t dream
But nothing mends
It never gets better