NaPoWriMo - Day 24 - Catching up again.

As ths goes on, I'm afraid I'm less and less willing to follow the prompts.  It appears that the challenge has inspired creativity, but not channeled creativity if that makes any sense at all?  With that said it appears I've got some making up to do once again and oddly enough, I've been spending a lot of time watching Dr. Who and the voice inside my head that reads along as I write is now.....British.  Hm.  Catch up in 3......2.......1

Body and soul

yearning for expression

emotions searching for escape

--an avenue of flight

remembering a time when it was easy

to touch, to feel, to live/

sensations covered so deeply no

by the dust and cobwebs of memory

that its become doubtful

they'll ever be felt again

the joy of discovery

that peaceful tranquility of the night,

before the storm

gentleness as a friends' embrace

passion in a lovers' touch

the serenity of knowing

that there is a place in the world

that only I can fill

what happens to those 

innocent childhood dreams

are they swept away by time

or is it gradual--

until the day comes and

you realize you've lost them

maybe never to find them again

alone in the night

my throat coaxes the scream

symbolizing the frustrations

of a lifetime

finally released in a voice

like a dying animal--trapped all alone

making one last effort at redemption

reaching out to the stars

praying to the light of creation

to absorb the pain

replace it with--anything

numbness, I plead

for that would be better than this

this agony that sears my soul

leaving me so terribly frightened

of nothing and of everything

when did I lose my humanity

"I must have for surely no human heart should feel so"

I wrap my arms tight

around my body

a futile attempt to draw close to something--

frigid night air

that would feel like salvation to me now.

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