Tie me up
with a bright red bow.
Go and tell them all
how much I did not know.

Place pebbles on my lids,
with bright blue eyes to stare.
Find and reveal my children
in galaxies of dreams I could not bear.

Wrap my blue body, tight,
for the red fire to burn.
Put me in the heat, white,
so I can finally take my turn.

But, please remember...

...cover my wrists;
just knot silk around them; red with ties.

...cover my scars
so no one may
know
I wanted to die.