msh58

given up
laying in bed
didn't pay bills
didn't pay rent
didn't call work
just laying here
waiting to get kicked out
of my apartment
so i can lay on the grass
and wait
for natures elements
to do me in

sound of the horses hooves
in the distance
coming closer
very quickly
and through the wall
they ride
and surround my bed
in a semi circle

spirit riders
from the lands
of the abyss
temperature drops 30 degrees
in my room immediately

i thought the abyss
was a mental state
of torture
spirits would drop me in
as i froze from the inside out
shaking and shivering
and they would have a good laugh
not much different than
picking wings off of flies
for the fun of it

but these riders
are real
i would warm up eventually
as i got out
but these guys never left the abyss
simply froze completely
forever
vapor trails rising from their armor
as it would from dry ice

worried they are going to take me back there
to become one of them
a frozen spirit
can feel my fear
haven't felt anything in a long time
realize i want to live
and at that moment

they ride off