Physical Exertion

Unacquainted tones
Unfamiliar light
Artist steps off
Free flight

Cannot breath
Need reprieve
Needle pricks
And stitches

Cries embrace
A weeping face
Rhythms meeting
And leaving

Stinging pains
Painted stains
Crashing waves
And heart songs

Words jumbled
Phrases crumbled
Lost and blocked
In swelling sea