i’m a mess

–

a ragged ragamuffin

running roughshod

riding

white water rapids and

rolling river

rocks

–

muddied mind

malaise riddled

masked in mirth

exuding merriment

maimed and torn

miserable

–

pale

portly

panicked

poor

–

a man alone

in pain

abhorred

–

surrounded

enclosed

locked away tight

–

retreat from the sun

turn away

to the night

–

in the darkness

this mess

is obscured

from sight