I Shall Leave A Part of Me Behind

I Shall Leave A Part of Me Behind, a photo by firoze shakir photographerno1 on Flickr.

i practice
the art of
dying
with dignity
every day
silence
stabs me
throttles
my throaty
pain..slits
the wrists
of my compassion
my humility my life
drains the silhouette
of sweaty sorrow
clinging chains ..
dramatic diversions
of a crazy brain
i tried to shoot
myself..unsuccessfully
a poetic thought
precariously hung
on the edge of a
cliffhanger of
the cosmic camera
funereal strains
lyrical lassitude
through the
dark eerie
corridor of my
mind its gloomy
backlanes
i bequeathed
pictorial passion
to my next of kin
a drop it fell
of my brow
on their souls
ingrained
unrestrained
a part of me
it contained