2 years ago. August 25, 2022 at 2:03 PM
if I could only explode
cover you in my gooey innards and lazily watch
as you perform your sacred duties
consuming
cleansing
anointing
as I slowly slip away
death becoming a close companion each night
life the startling cousin who shakes you awake, screaming each morning
my fingertips are never still
constantly trailing and scratching at surfaces
hoping to find you yielded beneath them
trembling in anticipation of my discovery
ripping away the façade of your skin
raw and exposed under the spell of denial
reveal your bloodied and beaten heart to me
offer me what little you have left
so that you may be made whole
shining
bright and new
under the startling screams of life
each morning