Impasse

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Slowly

As the anguish

Of the knife borrows deeper

Piercing flesh

And contracting muscles

Bent on resisting

The already inevitable outcome

The body irrevocably spasms.

The pain rushes forth

Unabated

And relentless

The ripple effect is crippling

The intended screams

Quickly muffled

Between taste of leather

And metal.

The eyes flutter

Shock ridden pupils sink

Ebbing closer to the darkness

Without resistance.

There was no fight remaining

As the steel slowly leaves the spin

And the light fades to black

The body topples over

Drowning in a pool of its own blood.

 Olsfred James 2015©