rush of sleep on a vertical freight train ;    pale face ;     close to moonlight ; nobody else submerged underwater ;      these four chameleon walls ; hypothermia & shock ;  i am blind to all other emotions ;   abnormal vision ; fabricated stories everyone divulged ;    my facial grimace nobody noticed ; shroud above my lips ;  around my middle ear like a drape of ruddy velvet ; my hair fell ; i couldn't drown ;  the sunrise burnt morning dark obscurity ; i  resurface as i run my hand through the back of my  wet hair ;  sliding connection  & motions of fingers embracing my scalp ;  stroking, soothing, flattening ; water beads glide down ; permeate my naked body ; synthetic sweat ; chills ;  thriving grass ; the hairs on my arm stand straight up as did i (for quite a while) ; index.html