Decay

I wonder if I concentrated

If I could peel away my skin.

To focus my mind

And watch flesh slough away

From my white bones. 

To think hard enough 

And watch yellow fat liquefy

And drip from my ribs

To form slippery puddles 

On the cold ground

Stringy muscles pulled taught

By sinews snap and wither

Twisting to nothing.

All the strength I held 

Turned to rubber bands.

Feel my tongue swell

Then blacken with disease

Until it bursts

And liquid pours from 

My open mouth.

My eyes dim to darkness

Then filmy, milky lenses

Roll from my skull 

Bouncing to the ground

Leaving unfathomable depths

Finally my bones snap

Weakened from years

Of carrying the world

And clatter together in pieces

No larger than a breath.