New spaces form lines on your skin
Nesting nesting to survive Adjust and jumble what once was Holding to what is and gritting teeth it won’t all fall to pieces Somehow it fits you fit we fit and I stay here because it’s safe When I’m no longer feeling brave shaking to the brittle core of what I am made of I sway in the breath of your once solid voice as you those words slip away for solid good “Till next time” the prayer escapes my lips Whispers in your ears Nothing but echoes of one night long long ago in a far away dream when we were dark and secret Before the light scorched our summer skin leaving burns and freckles to remind us we loved once Hard and fast with no apologies or punishment with marks and reactions I can still feel your hot hands on me late at night in the quite in the still Before the break Before the fall After the rising In long remembrance of the dark Or in sight of the dark Or watching the dark from the back window as we drive Summer 2014 We swing bar to bar until blisters plague our weak skin
I found you on the monkey bars between sticky fingers and swim meets I used you until we burned as hot as the humid pool deck Soft and supple we climbed our first wall I loved you As we got older in our years I covered you up You scared the boys I so wanted to kiss I’m sorry that I hid you Didn’t feel worthy of you You smell like summer and I love you Flex you proud Carry my boxes from home to Brooklyn Unwanted hands, eyes and comments in the dark are silenced as we say "Silence, don’t fuck with us" Protect me and I love you Beautiful and strong woman that you make me We will find our place in this world Climb our mountains in this world Fold yourself around me as we go higher Summer 2014 |
P.L.DI write because my emotions are not, always, accessible. I write because sometimes I’m confused and I need to work things out. I write because it feels good. I often write to keep from saying too much. .. Archives
June 2015
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