where are your guts?

d-5 Poems

you always had a big heart and weak, tiny guts. someone could rip out your hair-- "stop it!" pull away they won't stop your big heart made you stay, your tiny gut conjuring no more than guilt and dull eyes when he says he loves you five foot two, small enough to feel powerless big enough to feel like you could do more, more than lie there on your back. but you've got tiny, tiny guts and your heart had wilted you left but he's not gone. he's lingering where your body sees no sun and in your throat when you feel you're choking. he touched everything. he touched every part of your life why are you so afraid when you've got such a big, strong heart? why are you so cold with that blanket wrapped around you? why can't you sleep when you're exhausted? why can't you eat when you're hungry? why can't you cry when you're sad? now it's a new day in a new city in a new home with a new love. why can't you go outside? why can't she touch you? why do you have nightmares when you've smiled all day? you're a work in progress! let her hold you, and let your big heart pump blood to your tiny, tiny guts