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The Passage

There is a gouge on the wall I have left after my passing

A serious physical point of contact

No blood nor damage to self

I struggle to slide between boundaries

But I keep returning to my bumpy vertical path

Devoid of fear or compassion

I bounce from left to right

My clothes are blurred

As I struggle to maintain

All I have will not fit in my pocket

But time is slow

My shell is weighed on my back

It shields me from evil docomers

Who attack with no provocation

And wish to feed on my remains

I wish them well

As they digest my stench

For I wished to leave them nought

As they wish to consume me

And I believe they will

Circling around my being waiting to peck at my soul

So I bounce between the walls

And keep moving along the hall

My trips leave me in pain

The bumps have no echo

But they are imbedded in the covering paint that will be reapplied once I have passed

My steps have faded

The noise I have made echoes somewhere else

So I keep diligent attention to my tracks

But I doubt I can ever go back

As I sit upon the can

Painting the bowl withmy waste

And I am happy my bowels filter

But my soul does not as it

Wonders in this realm

It has deserted me

So I labour upwards and bounce shuffle and scrape

Gouging the walls beside me

As I leave my mark

An abrasion of skin and a quick expose' in the dark.