Restless - with Everavalon

Branded by the beast
with a heart fused with ice
as Mom tucks me into
my graven bed  

Whiplashed by the digger's spade
with worms crawling through the maze
playing Desperado to a shadow
with blood dripping from it's gums

Romancing with the dead
in fields of snowing ash
wandering a garden of stones
as the harlequin shaves my head

Hyperventilating through my gills
breathing nitrous oxide to laugh
stuck in this nightmare without a pin
to let the air out

Settling into the loam
I wither with the roots
that binds my skin
and render me restless

Wherefore the crumbs that you lay
that led me to this place of mourning
why the visions kept in spar
where the incisions left to scar

Fading eyes secure the tides
of obscure words that romance
these simple verses

To tidy the box where I wither
to cleanse the tomb of its shiver
to impress the one
who’s sifting through the crust