I ASK UOY

Whats it like
To be heart sick?
To look all around 
And see only the takers?
Only the users?  
Only the hungry?
Only hunger?
What’s it like?  
Do you know?

What’s it like
To be betrayed
By your own self?
To turn into a machine
Craving the one thing
That leads 
To its 
Destruction
What’s it like? 
Do you know?

What’s it like
To sell ones own self?
Just a bauble. 
Just a body.
Just a soul.
Selling one’s substance
For the substance
Of oblivion
What’s it like? 
Do you know?

What’s it like
To become the very thing
That led you  
To become it?
Step by step
One more step
Once more, 
Just step
Off the step
Into nothing
What’s it like? 
Do you know?

By cindy
2/23/2019