see? This is why –
To take a slow deep breath
is beauty alight
she’s on the raw edge of subtext
questioning
and under the surface
pages wait to be written
they radiate through her
drape over, covering
engulfing her frame
but –
she feels relief
with a slow deep breath
her whitened knuckles
release control
and she is breathing
the pages are there
they wait to be filled
but not
by her