"It's a slow poison..."

	for Helene


It's a slow poison
And subtle in its influence
Which draws the smile from your face
And leaches down into your bones
And aches
And aches
	
It's an unhappiness
Bled into your veins
The weight of this bleakness
Pressing down
	
Until you can't tell yourself
From this juggernaut poison
Until you can't tell this ache
From the beat of your heart
Until you can't tell
If the silence is inside your head
If the ache is inside your bones
If the bleakness is inside your heart
	
It's a slow poison
And subtle in destruction
	

January 1, 1996
© Lela Kaunitz