Blender

Let's see what happens tonight.

Alarm drills through my hollow skull
The room tilts cold and gray
Someone hit the power switch
And spun my life away

Deadlines falling through the lid
The glass begins to shake
Every worry hits the blades
Before I'm fully awake

Coffee stands where sleep should be
My nerves pulled tight with strain
Another problem in the mix
Another spike of pain

No off switch
No relief
The motor hums
Beneath my feet

I'm caught inside the spin
Everything pulled under
Noise and pressure crushing in
Like choking on the thunder
I can feel the blades below
Grinding thought and bone apart
Someone hit liquefy
On this overloaded heart

Three hours sleep, the ceiling spins
The dark refuses peace
Nightmares leaking into day
The grinding will not cease

Footsteps creeping through the night
The reaper drawing nigh
He has got me in his sights
Crushed down and liquefied

Speed rising
Walls of glass
Every second
Shredded past

I'm caught inside the spin
Everything pulled under
Noise and pressure crushing in
Like choking on the thunder
I can feel the blades below
Grinding thought and bone apart
Someone hit liquefy
On this overloaded heart

Pulse
Pulse
Pulse again

Feed the blades
Feed the din

Sleep
Bills
Noise
Fear

Throw them in
Throw them here

Spin

I'm caught inside the spin
Nothing left to anchor
Noise and pressure closing in
Only getting stronger
Every thought dissolving slow
Every hope dragged through the dark
Someone hit liquefy
On this failing human heart

Motor slowing
Glass gone still
What remains
Reduced to spill