seconds

seconds
 once ignored - now cherished
 as they begin to tick away
 panting, like a dog in the wind
 throat constricted
 swelling as a tumor - i can scarcely breathe
 my eyes stand in the way
 to the world i need to see
 hazy melting images coated in glue
 begin sliding from my view
 and i trample on top of them
 now a blind fool
 now a blind fool
 oh my heavy, heavy aching legs
 cannot do the work of ten men
 to lift my feet of stone
 clumsy, my arms
 long and leaden - they drag behind me
 carving deep trenches in the rotting earth
 oh so tightened
 stretched beyond belief
 my skin cracks
 with the weight of my dying body
 and the rage in my head
 blood trickles down from my burning eyes
 and stings my charred lips
 oh dear god - if you would but save me
 so much as a finger on my hand
 surely i could find the strength to climb
 atop a cloud in your sky
 and echo your praises
 into the light of a new day
 but my words are lost
 as my bones
 snap suddenly
 and i am left to lie upon the burning remnants of my life
 seconds
 eternity
 the clock ceases inside of me
 oh this silence, this emptiness inside
 for the grinding of my teeth at the searing pain
 of my flesh and the stench which infiltrates my every pore
 silence
 eternity
 might as well relax
 it's much too late
 to cancel
 all my reservations in hell