I was frozen despite the fire on my shoulder.
The ***** he drank stunk up the room
it was suffocating.
he strung his hand around my shoulder and gripped it tight.
His skin was dry.
He laughed and laughed and talked about how I looked just like my mum.
He said if I was older he wouldn't mind snatching me up and doing outrageous things to me.
He wouldn't stop laughing.

She's been waiting to hug the stars
She used to tell me how each star shined for me
and now she does the same.

My head fits perfectly on her shoulder.
her hand fits so well in mine.
this love is heavy like a boulder.
And her smile is so bright it shines.
Her heart is bigger than her body.
My eyes follow hers.
She caught me up and held me closely.
But I will never get more.

I sat in the grass and pulled it out of the ground
And I pulled my heart out of my chest
and I chopped it up in bits to give out
'others need it more'
but now that it's all gone
what will I do with the hole in my chest?

I learned to trust
From the boys with the heart-eyed smiles
Who told me I was funny
And then waged war
on my body

Achelois is the moon.
"She who washes away pain," they say.
So tell the moon your secrets
tell the moon your woes
Achelous will listen.
And once you stop talking,
she shines her light in a wink.
Achelois is the moon.
Achelois is a friend.