Can you catch me?
It's Midnight.
And i'm walking in the sultry heat...
Of New Orleans.
The rich,sticky,and pungent smell of Mardi Gras still lingers in the air...
It was over a week ago.
Can you see me?
Are you sleepless like I?
Are you restless and want to see my change as well?
My breath deeper and more focused.
My smooth walk flows gradually into a turbulent run...
Is that a cloven hoof you see?
I know I should be feeling pain,
But all I feel is Freedom.
Free of this body that i've gotten too used to...you see?
Are you so surprised as you run after me?
How? Runs through your mind...
How did a human change so drastically,
so permanently into what your mind can't conceive.
Even as you see the horn,you can't believe...
How such purity existed,in this
sweaty den of decadence and sin...
Can you reach me?
No. Only if I allow it.
So as you warily move to touch me,
I touch you instead.
With my sweet breath like a caress.
Your hand brushes my spiral slightly,
as it pierces the place...
The place where you are most empty.
For the first and last time...
This is my goodbye.
Leaving your suddenly full heart yearning...
Can you catch me?
5-02-2004
