integrate the insanity

overtop the stage

something lies

underneath the mask 

something seethes

forgotten

left behind

sublimated

rationalized

dissociated away

it comes back in pieces

re-remembered

irrationally

re-integrated

from dissection

after autopsy

post desiccation

sewn back together

rehydrated 

re-assembled

rehearsed again

readapted 

re-projected

very carefully again

overtop a stage

everyday, again

every single day

upon the stage

something lies

behind the mask

something lies

Author's Note

Reviews

[RomaJ]

This poem captures the relentless work of holding oneself together..the fragments beneath the mask, reassembled day after day. I love how the imagery of dissection and rehearsal mirrors the inner labor of coping and resilience. Haunting, empathetic, and deeply human.

[Davidgeo]

Humans taste delicious you know