#waterygrave
We swam under dusk
Faces lit by moonlight
Scavenging for scars
So bountiful they are.
I lost you in the coral
Guarded by ***** – threatening with
Their huge claws.
Eels flashing rows of white teeth,
Cutting tendons.
And I could not put up a fight
Swallowing the blood in my throat,
I ran.
My bare feet cut by shells and scales
My watery grave
This mockery of us.
Jul 6, 2018
Jul 6, 2018 at 8:27 AM UTC
as the waves crash in
caressing my sin
with the clever words
to make me sleep
live with this secret
the shores make me keep
the rivers wash me clean
only to keep me here
rinsing my lies
from me
just to keep me here
the waters speak
with cold intentions
so I stay careful
not to slip a word
water slips beneath
to carry me away
into a sea of lies
Dec 10, 2014
Dec 10, 2014 at 3:34 AM UTC