Third Eye Patch

Man wearing a metal mask with a third eye and chains covering his face. Image Generated with AI.
Man wearing a metal mask with a third eye and chains covering his face. Image Generated with AI.
"Third Eye Patch "
by Carolyn Crocker

If you were me
and I were you
would you
could ya
remove this doom
all by yourself
all by myself
and if you walked
in my shoes
and didn't just talk
against the room
coulda
shoulda
woulda
be relaxed amongst this doom?

Here I lay
There I walk
Here I talk
on deaf ears
blind eyes
no compromise.
Only mute messages of love
I can not find.

Where is the hurt?
Dear, in your heart?
In your mind?
Where is your soul?
Dear John,
and I'm Jane.

Doe, ray, me, far, soul, la-di-dah, do.

Music to your ears
and not mine.
Shield thine third eye,
block your crown chakra,
block your heart chakra.
block your root chakra.
Can't cleanse thy hands
of my blood under your fingernails
As you pummel me with your "love."
Passive-aggressive,
bulldozing over my
Assertive boundary line
Trying not to fawn to be let go.

I remember when
freedom was easy
not today
not tomorrow
not yesterday.
Still connected
by some invisible umbilical chord.

You think you are my husband,
my Adam,
and me, you're Eve or Lilith.
My supposed lover.
My supposed friend.
Real friends don't sell their friends,
to their enemies.
Real friends don't force you to do drugs
to be their friends.

I am me
and you are you.
We are seperate beings.
Forever to conclude.

I am no man's property
or woman's property.
I am not your slave,
your mistress,
or your "fun girl."
Never been fun to me
being just meat, on a hook.
That you sell on Facebook.


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