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The color pulses to a steady flow and fills my Veins with every hue, vibrant stretches of pigment that Filter from the crystals encrusted in the canals of my brain to Separate what truly matters from the dull, a Prismatic beating to the skull, painting it with Sudden understanding. 

The rot creeps throughout my rib cage, tainting the confidence of bone with Malice, age, disease. Just beyond the heart, I feel the soul chipping away, peeling off-colored Ribbons of life that knot in the pit of some place I do not know. It blackens from the edges inward, shrinking into itself, and I can only hope that from Decay comes a vibrancy I've only dreamed of. 

Take me by the hand as my light waxes and wanes with your touch.  You ignite celestial burns that sear stars into tattooed constellations,  Mapping out a destination other-worldly on my skin and I fly with you to the moon.  You take me where time exists no longer and we can look back at our selves through the  Stillness of breathing through suffocation.

Skyscrapers tower from the foundations of my fingertips,  Loom over storms welling in the palms face-up that stare  Expectant, dry as thunder rolls across the lifeline that etches  Length into the metropolitan desert cupped and easy to break with Faltering touches.  

I lay in the fields behind my house,  Soak up the petals and feel as they stain my  Skin with fragrance and sunlight.  I become an overrun garden, daffodils and daisies  Printing my flesh in floral fabric that stitch  Intricate patterns I cannot Scrub clean.