Sleep eludes the decaying tree
Its roots soaked deep with blood
And tired wave
Laps with fetid water
Near corpse Shadow shore
Nightmare made burdensome heart
A heaviness to lidded eyes
and slipping Deeply bend
Leap for and falter
Last hurried breath before the fall
decay
Green and fecund
I’m a madness, a slow infection burn
Fingertips dip through flesh
Trace nerve endings, drawn ragged breathe
And the sad whimpering ache of times passing
Pelgris 