conversation dangles awkwardly
like legs too short
for tall furniture,
never quite reaching the reassurance
of something solid,
but still trying all the same
conversation dangles awkwardly
like legs too short
for tall furniture,
never quite reaching the reassurance
of something solid,
but still trying all the same
I have been here before—
A war tears through
My heart
My mind
Until the pulse
Is wounded,
Until thought
Is stripped of reason,
Until the marrow
Is sucked clean
Leaving my bones
Weak and brittle—
Fractured to your touch.The blood blackens
Porcelain, running,
Streaming through
…