she was pregnant with
the ability to love
someone, but not just
anyone who would
swoop down and lap up her young
innocent dreams - no,
she had to protect
her soul from the thirsty mouths
of so many men
who came searching with
prying eyes and hollow souls
hoping she would fix
their brokenness with
hedonistic pleasures that
left her carcass raw
and torn of the words
she was saving for someone
equally naive.