There's a beat in my nerves
dragon’s breath, kisses of fire
blazing in my heart. I’m made of steel.
Sharp against the edges. Heavy.

  can you hold the weight?
(on your knees, crawling through burning flowers.. your shoulders are dropping down)
  can you feel the cut edge?
(prickle of blood, pain. let me see beneath the layer of your skin)

There’s a beat in my nerves
dragon’s blood running through my veins. Fire away at my skin, golden scales &
your words
                break
   apart.

can you break through?
(pierce through my armour & touch my bare skin and— shatter this steel heart)