Slivers

Leaving my body behind
in the realm called reality.

My brain floats above,
lost in the ether.

Half here and half-gone,
no anchor to hold me.

Loneliness screaming
from scattered consciousness.

Awareness screaming through me
sudden as a speeding bullet.

Mindset

Craving self-destruction
like the starving
crave food.

Desperate and hungering
to leave the worst
of myself behind.

This body is a burden
I no longer want to bear,
but it's a mask I'm
not allowed to shed.