dehydration

walking
 never stopping
dehydrated
 i cannot swallow
 like a desert in my mouth
 trying to crack open a cactus
  trying to spit
listening
 a steady beat
my sense are all twisted up
(like a tree with too much water and no sunlight)
  my eyes are deaf
  my mouth is blind
  my ears are mute
but my nose can smell
helping me taste
wood
not just wood
burning wood
if only my mouth wasn't blind
if only i could scream
i could yell
  get this evil expelled from my temple
relax into a comfortable sanctuary
contact my brain
  stop walking
but then i start to fall
deeper
     and
        deeper
into my death.
             .
              .