I.
For
hell's sake
let me caress those fingers
and arms,
the ones you can't abide.

II.
They're so
good
they hug so strong and
they hold so well.

III.
You've written on them
these
remnants of
pain,
and it hurts to see.

I.
He is
one of my absolute
favorite humans.

II.
He is
so strong and
funny and
wonderful.

III.
He says he wants to
hurt himself
again.

IV.
What can one even argue,
besides
"Don't hurt someone
I love
so much."

I.
And it feels like
the world is crashing in
a few pieces at a time.

II.
It gets harder and harder to breathe
when I have no one
to share the air with.

I.
America
the home of the free
and the land of the brave.

II.
That may well be.

III.
But the free
and the brave
are not the same people.

I.
Hush
twelve times
and begin again
my dear.

II.
You are worth
only more
and more.

I.
Shut you're
beautiful
grinning mouth.

II.
Stop being so
hilarious
and stop taking such
good care of me.

III.
You're like
the prize
and I'm the
loser.

I.
It's one day into the semester
and they have already
assigned something
I cannot do.

II.
I'm sorry I need clear instructions,
like which format to use.
I'm sorry I need clear directions,
like how many sources are required.
Not "A Fair Amount"

III.
Maybe I'm just too stupid to
be here in school.
Maybe that's it.