Standstill

It seems like everything I do
Lately
Has the same purpose
Make me feel something
It urges
Make me shiver
Push me to cry
Force a tear out of these
barren eyes
Hold me and
stand by as this flesh bleeds
And then gather me in
Become a shelter
Be my refuge
From everything I can no longer feel
Pull me out into the rain
And open my hands to the falling flames
So they may lick my arms
And scathe my face