“Biting Toenails”

“Biting Toenails”

cji
7/20/11

Harsh and bitter the day
freezing winds and ice
starvation surely ahead
curled in the fetal space
unhearing of the sun
blindness to the whiteness
catching breath a chance
gathering strength within
bits of humor to withstand
never in my life was able
now found biting toenails
not a hard task able to do
but a bit longer not more
as the veil is closer now
glances of the morrow
hearing freight trains
my mind seems to leave
returning numbness
pain lost long ago
remember thinking,
‘how absurd this is’
biting toenails to be
a sense of humor
willing yet to live more
the mind a wonder
in freezing winds
in harsh winter days!


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