The Hamlet Project

Inside out
Hollowed out
Whittled away
My organs shaking
My blood frozen
My heart like a hummingbird fleeing
Muscles clenched tight like my fists
My bones, dry like a wishbone on a plate
Eyes dilated
Breath stopped
Lungs full but still
Mouth open and slack
Its effects move through me quickly
Like electricity
Like a venom
Like love and terror
All at once
A lightning strike of feeling.