I want to watch all
The teeth fall out
Of my mouth
My eyes sink
Into my skull
Every hair
Fall out of my head
Brittle nails and blue fingertips
Yellowing patches
And skin
Clear enough to see rivers
Flowing beneath
Canvased tight,
as if my bones
Are just hoping to break free
To cut through
The canvas with
The knife my grandfather
Gave me
Spilling everything
Every word
I could never get out
Every time getting
Caught on
The tip of my tongue
No glass half full
Or half empty
I want to be as shallow
as it gets
When the waves
Crash against the shoreline
Making their way up
To meet your sand-covered toes,
That is as shallow as
The water gets
I could never
Be so versatile
As the ocean
I have to choose,
And what’s the point of
Such strong feelings
If they are always trapped
And writhing
On my inside
- S.G.
Aug 18, 2013
Aug 18, 2013 at 4:55 AM UTC
I want to watch all
The teeth fall out
Of my mouth
My eyes sink
Into my skull
Every hair
Fall out of my head
Brittle nails and blue fingertips
Yellowing patches
And skin
Clear enough to see rivers
Flowing beneath
Canvased tight,
as if my bones
Are just hoping to break free
To cut through
The canvas with
The knife my grandfather
Gave me
Spilling everything
Every word
I could never get out
Every time getting
Caught on
The tip of my tongue
No glass half full
Or half empty
I want to be as shallow
as it gets
When the waves
Crash against the shoreline
Making their way up
To meet your sand-covered toes,
That is as shallow as
The water gets
I could never
Be so versatile
As the ocean
I have to choose,
And what’s the point of
Such strong feelings
If they are always trapped
And writhing
On my inside
- S.G.
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