#fabbri
You offered me a flower
to place behind my ear
and keep long after drying
You offered me a drawing
the most beautiful I've ever looked
myself through your eyes
You offered me sustenance
for everything I needed
everything I craved
You offered me a solid place
to rest my bitter, busy head
and lay down bare
You offered yourself to me, fully
and for once I didn't hesitate
to take and take and take
and give myself to you
Apr 2, 2023
Apr 2, 2023 at 8:09 PM UTC
Maddening that it makes you feel pure
the security of your damp, decrepit sanctuary
and your empty, stomach churning words.
A pathetic refuge for you and your damage.
I’d set fire to your home
if I thought it would phase you.
I’d run sandpaper across your tongue
if you wouldn’t revel in the pain.
Unsettling how it doesn’t feel the same now
when you pull my hair
or the pace of your pulse.
A growing distance that you crave.
I’d banish you to the cosmos
if they wouldn’t bring you peace.
I’d gouge out your adoring eyes
if you wouldn’t turn them into art.
May 16, 2023
May 16, 2023 at 10:41 PM UTC
A near tragedy
at the hands of silk
stymied by fight,
maybe flight.
A failed departure
fastened to an exit
where drive met physics.
A heroic gut holding out
for a worthwhile loss.
One that creeps into your throat,
rips your chest,
burns your tear ducts.
A pain I’d much prefer.
Apr 7, 2023
Apr 7, 2023 at 11:32 PM UTC