Temporal Constraint Poem by phattkat Poet

To Nikki, for what they did to you.

Staring at the ceiling fan
head sunk deep into the pillow
wet from sweat, wet from sweat
the rhythmic droning click and wobble
hold him in hypnotic stare
nothing in his world seems fair

click and wobble
click
click and wobble
click

His eyes see through the passing blades
beyond the pressured whirling waves
through the eye of stormy deeds
into a world that holds the keys

to his sweet recollection
he moves in its direction

The past is there, he sees so deep
memory disturbs his sleep
things are not what he perceives
there's stinking evil lurking there
and he will drown in deep despair
if he cannot confront his truth
and rip it from the darkness

come out, come out, and play with me
come out, come out, so I can see
too many years you've hid from me

click and wobble
click
click and wobble
click

Now he feels the fiery blast
rising up to meet his past
locked in evil's vice-like grip
arms are folded and won't slip
there's no way to confound it
he just can't move around it
staring up at blood red eye
hypnotic and inviting

click and wobble
click
click and wobble
click

Help me, help me, help me please
I am lost and cannot see
what it is that's holding me
deep within the shadows
of my fractured history
please won't someone set me free

click and wobble
click
click and wobble
click

Lost forever in the blades
whisking all his thoughts away
time now dear to get some sleep
wake me if you hear me weep
I will dream that I have gone
to a land that's far beyond
far beyond, far beyond

click click click

Sanity is mine tonight
suddenly I'm bathed in light
angels come all dressed in white
helping me to find my past
with their pills and water glass

click click click

I will wait until they leave
suffer in my white room breeze
someday I will make them see
that the past is haunting me
now it's time to get some rest
tomorrow I will try my best
to find what I was looking for
looking for, looking for

Gazing up at bright red sky
watching evil's whirling eye
lost in rhythmic lullaby


click and wobble
click
click and wobble
click