Friday, 11 October 2024

in a room full of butterflies

i am clipped 
forgiven and privileged 
in private consoles.

my cocoon smells like
nightingale grass who's eyes
are still closed from
my screaming.

i have scratched my lungs to breathe
you in and my acid from your stiff swearing
leaves numb but fragile 
stains.

i am now as severed as these paragraphs;
separate and
loud
and
loved.



 

invisible lined protection

after, life. there was a pause and we ended our grass-grown eyebrows and curled up against our dreaming eyes. this is where i leave you, and...