Alex “dichtet”: Depression
Wenn mir ein Gedicht passiert, dann muss es raus. Das hier musste gestern raus.
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Depression
And then
you feel helpless and disturbed when somebody vanishes
and you’ve seen them falter
for a while and then
they’re gone.
And you know why
they do it
you’ve done
the same thing before
same time of year a while back
and you know
they are being held for ransom
by a nameless darkness
chained with fear
heart exchanged
for a cauldron of lead
that rings
hollow
when struck.
They are
like butterflies in the spider queen’s web
wings trapping them
in the silk
transfixed by the poisonous bite
and still
aware and alive
while
the poison eats
away making them
hollow
but never taking
the pain.
And you’ve escaped
- this time -
but without the hands
to untie or to soothe or to free
sentenced to witness
the occassional shudder run through
the other
that never manages
to break free
and rather breaks
every bone in the body
in order to feel with
a heart
that
can’t.
(c) AW, 27.11.2006
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