I'm bleeding On the outside While scarring On the inside, Calloused heart Like the hands of a farmer No longer Finding blisters From the need, Every encounter That left me Nursing wounds A defenseless soul In a harsh urban world, Trying to love Without blowback, But a back draft Always waited Behind doors That burned With desires On short fuses, A shower of sparks; Short lived fireworks Of temporary emotions, To which I could only relate to In words, Words that couldn't hold their own Against the fires Of the ****** Lonely spirits In this crowded world...