The Blood & The Bones

I close my eyes
the ghosts press play
moving pictures dance
on the blackened lid
their deaths relived
like a movie
set to loop forever
it
never
stops
playing
I can drink
I can fight
I can fuck
I can drown myself in sins
until it catches up
and still
when all is still
the film begins again
like a nightmare
paused and waiting
even sleep
cannot save me
there is no refuge
no sanctuary
for a man
that’s seen too much

the blood
& the bones