There’s something stirring uncomfortably, forebodingly under your ribs
Lurking, waiting, crouching in silent anticipation
But it doesn’t jump, not yet, not yet
And that’s almost, almost just as bad as the attack itself
There’s something crawling around your organs, under your skin
Lurking, waiting, laughing
It knows its turn will come
You know it, too
Too well
And so you guess and try, try, try
Finding a method to lessen its crawling through your veins
Clawing into your thoughts, claiming your attention by being
There’s a slowly, slowly, surely growing desperation
To find what’ll keep it down, keep it numb, keep it ignorable
Or at least non-threatening
Music, music, alcohol, more music, more alcohol
You’ve seen your fair share of needles, no more of those into your flesh
You’re disgusted by bad smells, no cigarettes on your lips and lungs
You can never be sure the pills will actually work after several weeks
Several weeks of more, of less tolerable adverse effects
(More insomnia, more hyposomnia, accelerated falling into dark pits...)
So you find
More music, more, and maybe just one more glass of that one drink you like
There’s something stirring uncomfortably, forebodingly under your ribs
You know it’s there, lurking, waiting
But with another sip of burning smootheness
Tingling tongue, simmering skin, numbed, non-hurting thoughts
You don’t find it all that threatening anymore
It’s the music, isn’t it, just the music you’re swaying to
So you drink in more of that music, more, who knew that
Music came in liquid form as well, well, all is well
You’re finally well, aren’t you, are you not, not, no you’re not, not well