MEMENTO MORI

And I had that
Liquid dark feeling
Like blood dripping
From my wrists

I didn't know
What to do with it
How I could push
It around

I would like to
Hide it under the earth
But not break it
To pieces

I wanted to keep
It in my breast
This darkness always
In movement

"Momento mori" means "remember we are mortal". But poetry is not. - Gregory Corso