You dug into the porous dirt
And dug into my mind
The shovel pierced my soiled skin
Unearthing humankind
Your sweat rolled down your face like tears
And watered newborn grass
The stench of you seeped through the earth
And filled my lungs like gas
With a thunk, you struck my heart
Too large for you to miss
And eager to uncover me,
You crawled to the abyss
Your hands swept down my woody flesh
And wiped away the dirt
That littered my facade like ashy
Remnants of the hurt
Greedily, you gripped my lid
And brushed my thoughts aside
You cracked my coffin like a clam
Exposed my corpse inside
You thought you’d see your pretty girl
And not this dead disaster
But maybe I’d still be in love
If you had found me faster
A gust of wind pushed you inside
Or maybe it was me
I swallowed what we used to have
And stole what we would be.
Jul 23, 2019
Jul 23, 2019 at 4:57 AM UTC
You dug into the porous dirt
And dug into my mind
The shovel pierced my soiled skin
Unearthing humankind
Your sweat rolled down your face like tears
And watered newborn grass
The stench of you seeped through the earth
And filled my lungs like gas
With a thunk, you struck my heart
Too large for you to miss
And eager to uncover me,
You crawled to the abyss
Your hands swept down my woody flesh
And wiped away the dirt
That littered my facade like ashy
Remnants of the hurt
Greedily, you gripped my lid
And brushed my thoughts aside
You cracked my coffin like a clam
Exposed my corpse inside
You thought you’d see your pretty girl
And not this dead disaster
But maybe I’d still be in love
If you had found me faster
A gust of wind pushed you inside
Or maybe it was me
I swallowed what we used to have
And stole what we would be.
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