10 MAR 2017 AT 2:37

The Man with Silver Blood

You take a quick look
and then turn a blind eye towards me.
You see the mercury
gushing out of my wounds.
Yes, you look at me
as if I were poisoned.
Aren't you amazed
that I'm still breathing?
You are.
But you see,
mercury did not wound me.
You did.
Your gut is full of it,
carefully packed,
suffocating you,
making you ignore
your deep dark desires
that you think are unnatural.
I let my mercury take over me,
I let it colour me
the beautiful silver.
Now you'll see,
why I love the glitter.

.. continued in caption.

- Swarup