I am the poem
I refuse to write.
My skin has formed itself
as sedimented book pages,
quietly injecting
our unspoken metaphors
into my bloodstream
of Murakami, of Plath,
of everything that hurt too much
to even whisper to my typewriter.
I am a poet,
and I will type you
into the night sky.
Sep 7, 2014
Sep 7, 2014 at 8:16 PM UTC
I am the poem
I refuse to write.
My skin has formed itself
as sedimented book pages,
quietly injecting
our unspoken metaphors
into my bloodstream
of Murakami, of Plath,
of everything that hurt too much
to even whisper to my typewriter.
I am a poet,
and I will type you
into the night sky.
