In Orbit Poem by James Daniel Gabriel

You tampered with and without discretion. You licked the fist that feeds
You with intent to paralyze. Invasive and with a mother snakes
never mind for that which comes after the initial feeding.

You became the first to suggest we sacrifice.
I began.

At first the thoughts tickled my suspicion.
I gave In to opinion and was shunned.
You took for granted and were given a parade.
I wear a crown of railroad ties for every fatal compromise.

You gave up my position to the hounds. Laid me down among the thistles.
Broke me as the branches on my path of breadcrumbs.
You start to dream of a trip home without me.
I look back as I’m praying for no birds.

You are now my new something else to cater to.
I love the meticulous attention to the preservation of your vessel.
So much more beauty is found as you are only breathing in.
You have my permission to have my way with you.
I start under now.

Now…You Begin Again.

You could use me erratically in a night like this for months. You could suggest or compromise my Transcendence.
You could command I cross your fingers for you as you make loving promises until shortly after sunrise.
Contradiction is a fragrance I wear all the time.

It cannot be my turn to appreciate again. Not now.
You sedate the long term effects of abuse by teaching me patience.
Surgical dissolution of the pain by only, while not merely,
dragging it out for days without end…

And a world with no beginning would have an abundance of forgiveness-
In relation to the thought that we never should have started.
Never should have now.
Peel me from your lens and by all means take back your scalpel.
This is your for granted. You are now my new addiction I must cater to.