Rooms Within Rooms

in this room - dig a hole
deep inside - full of lies
build a wall - high around
no corners - shame for mortar

this is a room within a room within a...

rooms within rooms - floors within floors
locks within locks - doors within...
years within months - months within weeks
weeks within days

in this room - never see day
air is thin - walls close in
pick at scabs - watch them bleed
with these flies - in my eyes

this is a room within a room within a...

keep a lid - keep it hid - never rid - of the thing
suckle it - swallow it - choke on it - bury it
keep a lid - keep it hid - never rid - of the thing
suckle it - swallow it - choke on it - bury it

in this room - painted black
no window - no airflow
concrete floor - hard and cold
nothing feels - nothing heals

this is a room within a room within a room
within a room

rooms within rooms