You,
make my skin tremble,
like a tidal wave,
Tossing my goosebumps off their course,
They were traveling down my spine
Heading south for the winter,
Until you made them wash ashore.
Making them wash their souls,
They cleaned up their act
As they prepared for the performance of a lifetime
They shaped up
You made them get in line.
Into the shape of a V
As they only had one direction to go
Direct as an arrow
They poured through my bones
My heart couldn’t handle all these emotions
So it died with these words
Ones
that I carry on my back.
Words, I’ll carry to my grave,
Buried deep beneath my skin
It breathes life them into them
Taking heavy breathes
Of a heavy heart
That sleeps only when its doors are closed.
Out of a deep hibernation, they awaken.
I’ve forgotten they even existed.
You must have clipped their wings,
So they learned how to swim.
Traveling in the only direction they know
Heading up the river
Knowing that going upstream
Is a hard road to travel
Gravity defies them
Pulling them beneath a layer of sweat
They drown in an ocean
Where tidal waves
are forever
about