204: Flat

Flat. Have you been there?
It’s a place within us all
where the heart monitor doesn’t blip
and the blood pressure only falls.

The sun never reaches there
so the dawn never beckons
just an endless night of nothing
while the undertaker reckons.

I cannot say it’s painful
because to feel would bring relief
everything anaesthetised
suspended all belief.

Catatonia has taken over
autopilot at the helm
my soul has shut-up-shop.
Do you know this feeling well?

I am not dead, nor am I dying
those require too much effort
I am alive, but not trying
gripped by lethargy and depression.

Lady Satellite