The Same, Unrelenting Radiation

The Same, Unrelenting Radiation
The heat creeps on you
stealing your sweat
feeding the beads that form
in nooks and crannies you
forget when the cool stills
your brow. Now in the cruel
haze of a merciless sun the
same crevices run rivers and
your breath creaks through
scaled lips, reeks of day-old
body odours and your aching
eyes shrink to pin-pricks of
painfully perceived light.
There is no respite in close of day,
night brings more of the same,
unrelenting radiation. We
vibrate to a slow, mournful
resonance - watching our
body fluids boil away.
© I.D. Carswell 2007-01-27