Handprints stain my heart.
They're yours.
I am plagued; comatose,
a ritualistic rebirth
I claw my way out by morning.
Steady, inescapable,
and raw, colorless thoughts
I wake, a hollow shell
a crescent.
Crumbs of my Eden remain
they linger as you linger
burlesque, a temptress
stepping softly.
I'll not let the words crawl across my lips
I'd rather let them form brief, violent hailstorms
than risk it all again.
Wrists heavenward,
breathless, I submit.
Oct 12, 2011
Oct 12, 2011 at 12:23 PM UTC
Handprints stain my heart.
They're yours.
I am plagued; comatose,
a ritualistic rebirth
I claw my way out by morning.
Steady, inescapable,
and raw, colorless thoughts
I wake, a hollow shell
a crescent.
Crumbs of my Eden remain
they linger as you linger
burlesque, a temptress
stepping softly.
I'll not let the words crawl across my lips
I'd rather let them form brief, violent hailstorms
than risk it all again.
Wrists heavenward,
breathless, I submit.
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