I hold coward’s doubt
Tuck it away, behind my ear
With wisps of hair to hear
Your whispers, clear.
Unlock the coffer of my thought
With skeleton key, fumbling-
********* the most intimate parts of me.
Bony hands grasp at my invisible flesh
Clawing away, at the nothing that is left.
May 14, 2018
May 14, 2018 at 12:44 PM UTC
I hold coward’s doubt
Tuck it away, behind my ear
With wisps of hair to hear
Your whispers, clear.
Unlock the coffer of my thought
With skeleton key, fumbling-
********* the most intimate parts of me.
Bony hands grasp at my invisible flesh
Clawing away, at the nothing that is left.
