A neon light pulses behind my skull,
leaking out through my eyes
It glows and simmers
beneath this translucent jelly skin

An invisible fire smolders
Palpable, yet intractable
Maddening in its insistance,
Ceaselessly yearning towards combustion

The wildness within will not be stemmed forever,
but will someday explode right through my pores
Leaping outward in a blaze
which consumes everything in its path

A blast of pure energy will light up the night sky
with a shower of diamonds
unparalleled in its brilliance, unequalled in its sharpness
Able to delight the soul or slice through the bone

Whether the savage will burst forth in ferocious delirium,
A frenzied fiend feasting on violence
or in a blinding flash of genius, breathtakingly beautiful
I am powerless to choose

It defies my attempts to contain it,
insisting upon independence
convulsing, trembling, searing a pathway through my soul
like the feverish dream of a madman