Ruination

"Depression and creative behavior may be linked through the third underlying factor of self-reflective rumination."  Verhaeghen, et al. (2005)

We sing colors we don't
Believe exist except
As sorrows' metaphors.

What, for us, built of flesh
Trapped in the flesh of lives
Racing to win the race

That can never be won
Because continuance
Admits no ticker tape,

Is not a metaphor?
Oh Death, where is thy sting?
The beehives are extinct.