savagery

it's easy
to dwell
in savagery.

To build,
to strive
is mockery.

I will not build a life that is caked in gore.
To travel grey kitchens and fall on slick floors
and pick myself up
and begin again
and wipe the red from my face
as I've done so many times before.

it's easy
to dwell
in savagery.

it's harder to walk
from room to room
and stink of death.

it's harder to hate
with every breath,
with every step.

it's so hard that it's almost impossible.
and none are worthy.