I’m cold, shivering so badly, in a sauna
The steam surrounds me, and I can’t stop moving, because the seat beneath me is ice

I’m sweating, panting so loudly, in a freezer
The rows of meat just stare at me, all accusing

I’m gasping for air, desperate, in an air tank
Too much, too much, doesn’t anybody understand?

I’m holding my breath, howlongcanIlast, at the top of a mountain
Imagining the clouds are water, and if I open my mouth I’ll drown

I’m rolling the sweet across my tongue because, even if I hate the taste, at least I taste something
I spit it out the minute I’m out in the open air, but somehow the colouring on my tongue is still noticed, and I am still punished

I stay away from the fence, and the alarms
But still I get blamed when the building is robbed, and I am taken away

I’m clenching my fist to stop myself before I hit you
Because I have been pushed so far
I’ve lost the plot, the way I’m meant to be
I’ve taken the story of my life and scrunched it into a ball, pulling pages from the end, so I’ll go on forever

I just need to never stop
Because if I feel warm in that sauna
If I feel cold in that freezer
If I just breathe in that air tank
If I stop holding my breath at the top of that mountain
If I run away from you
Or disobey you, for real (this time)

Then what is the point?
What is the fucking point?

Tell me what my purpose is?

(if I can't go on forever)

The song "competition" is still open. For the 8th sitting of this series, I'm taking a song, and writing a full one-shot/poem for each line. It's just another form of prompt, but in song form.

I'd like any readers and/or reviewers to choose the song I'm going to do. So if you have a favourite song, then PM me, or tell me in a review, and I'll write them for the 8th sitting.