Unrecognizable

Defined: incapable of being identified or recognized : not recognizable

Merriam-Webster. (n.d.). Unrecognizable definition & meaning. Merriam-Webster. Retrieved December 8, 2022, from https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unrecognizable

A cup empty
I poured the contents on this
Granite counter top.
Alas;
Placed a hand in this
Mess,
Convinced to flick
the remnants off my finger tips
Against the curtains.
Certain, there was purpose
In this.

It’s clear at first.
Clear as day.
A lack of coloration
Seems quite analog in a digital age. 
Thus, sets the (stage or tone) for the whole room.
A curse.
It turns a certain
Shade of crimson red. 

I gasp, 
No air to pull from; distorted
 I’m dazed. 
Lungs violently ponding 
Tap, tapping 
Against at my rib cage.
Lights fade,
Grayscale in the renaissance 
The darkness draws me in 
Foreshadowing the ambiance of a wicked spirit.

I cringe, 
the screech I expel
 clings to my soul for relief. 
I fade slowly 
“Hold on to me
And never let go of me” 
“Bum, bum” (knock)
“What’s that sound,” I say
“Bum, bum” (knock again)
“Oh wait, I hear it again,” I think.

Light breaks.
My eyes crack, 
A transition from night to day. 
I christen the floor
My shirt torn 
And the sight I bore
I meant bare.
“What foreign landscape awaits,” I say, 
It appears inescapable.
When lacking all reason to think straight.
Its like:
Why spectate to show face?
Approach the mirror
Can’t even see my face. 

I hate that I take things, 
Replace them with more things, 
I don’t need.
So that I feel like I’m living. 
I did it,
I do again
And again 
And again.

Until I’m here 
In a place unrecognizable. 
Who am I? 
That name I hardly know anymore. 
Breakthrough
Perhaps I do know you.
I mean, I think I do. 
Yes, you seem quite familiar. 
But I hardly remember. 
You’re just
Unrecognizable.