lifelover - Hello Poetry

lifelover

lifelover

24/F language as residue / memory as a wound that learned to speak

mouth open time remembers broken will blood sun speak torn skin mother static bones blink moon cut great reprieve birds warm lie beneath floorboards black rot soft hearken forever wound trees pressed keep god stars paper kneel mercy rooms windows left ceiling shape tongue peels train jaw small scream evening branches called salvation help find light fingers sky living proof ten sister drown wanted cleanse sins schizophrenic wings cradle palms holy water warmer voice gnaws fingernails scraping remnants lace dried sweetness decay forgotten girlhood seams purity ghost mildew lilies shrieking tongues curl burnt scripture entranced acacia watch weep sap mourn remember swallowed nightingales hollowed bodies roof vowed safe hands breaking bone snapping rhythm pulse sees blinks cathedral shatters weight dead saviors halos clang fall conscience flickers blotted geometry insatiable void cassiopeia screams chains loosen universe unfurls body set alight bleed beautifully study duality eat pulp trickle glow gods upstairs pull