Brand

Brand

Charred flesh
Cigarette searing
The wound
Leaving a mark
A brand
Of ownership
Your name
Forever
Carved into
My tissue
Glowing embers
Your signature
Autograph
My body
Permanent
Marks of
Possession
Putrid
Repugnant
The stench
Of my own
Skin
Burned








Revolving Door

Misfortune adversity calamity hardships
Harden strengthen me
Poignant moving emotional touching yet distressing Stressing
Heartrending heartbreaking affecting effecting the tragedy
Coagulated, congealed Set in stone frozen solid in my psyche
Roadmaps blueprints outlines design plans to follow
Rigidly adhere strictly firmly inflexibly hold fast
Cannot modify strategy alter tactics devices procedure
Diplomacy mediation discretion secretly subtly rewarded
Shooting myself in the foot, cutting off my nose despite my face
Spinning spiraling turning in and out the revolving door cycle
Everything in sequence perfect succession
This merry-go-round not merry at all