*introspected* just as expected

I choose...

The Big Emotions

I choose...

To be ignored, hated even,

rather than adored

And, no, I don't really

mean it... It is so

that I might

Suffer

it all

the more

Exquisite!

When shut up,

And Blocked,

put out from

the catacombs

where everyone

else seems

safely anchored

to the shore

I choose...

The Empty

so that I

myself

may carry

The Universal

Burden

of matching

the Socks

that endlessly

go missiling

I choose...

The welts upon

the chest and thighs

that signify

affection as

Metaphysical

I choose...

The Big Emotions

Because I must

be arrogant and proud

to know the shame

of the inadequate

in the sermons

recited during sleep

I choose...

The Big Emotions

Because the

moment

will come

that I will be called

to stand for Collection

And the One

True Testament

will put a razor

through me

and squeeze

the final drop..!

of my precipitation.

And I want to say

I gave my

everything

as I expire,

into that breadth

With no human

Feeling left.

03.02.2023

Simplicity or Complexity? challenge @akitoyu