(1) We cross seas with our wrists And drown in rivers too minute To keep our muscle afloat. I once heard there was a time When the moon Bled tears of recognition for our hearts; Now my last name soughs the story Of women who wept In lieu of pursuing their second beings, Dominated by passionate blows of vulnerability.
(2) Still today my skin sheds your light Only to leave me with estranged metal bonds Whose conductivity has burnt into dust.
(3) Pain-stricken, I clasp you With the contractions you send to my broken legs. You inform me: This is Home; I carefully murmur within, This is a rotten home; this is Loneliness. Yet I strangely feel glimmers of radiant energy Shine through these windows, Only to pass into my own holes.