Write from the shoulders. The throat. The hands.
The silent bearers
The fighters
Tight with unspoken words
Un-thrown punches
A line
A definition
Screaming out
Such thundering quiet
The tight
And the closed
Thick with invisible pain
Choking
But never telling
A passage
For others
But not its own
Defined by
What they touch
Shaking
The only indicator
Of aching hollowness
Pushed down and stored
In your fingers
wandering ivy
May 1
May 1, 2026 at 4:54 PM UTC