The water falls out in drops

that slap me gently,

making me blink,

and bead down my exposed face

and uncovered body.

 

Something runs away with the water

and it will never return,

each drop of water claws into some

memory

and tugs it down the drain

until I am left fighting to hold onto

anything that mattered

once upon a time.

 

The familiar numbness is revealed,

licking its lips and 

waiting just behind me with extended fangs and nails

it waits for the final day when

the ultimate nothingness

replaces the human nothingness

and I join the infinite space of existence.

 

Nothing matters as the water

drains soul from my body

as acid eats glass

slow

steady

unforgiving.