DB I I
My body a carved and hollowed vessel, a cavity, capacity only one at a time please.I can feel the ebb and flow of the blood draining from my face. Each limb tingling with the loss, the breath I catch rattling and rolling around in my chest causing echos, bouncing off these bones.
Each exhale envelopes droplets of the words i can't seize to speak, fluttering round my throat like moths.
My mouth a beacon of hope,
its flame extinguished,
my velvet tongue and lips now drenched by the downpour of salty water.
My demons could swim in the tears that seep through my face, a thin veil.
A firey breath choked out past these ashy lips.
The dew now settling on your cheek, glistening.
You look through me with overcast eyes; weary and lost looking for a place to rest in peace, after a long journey on a beaten path.
My body once your home is now your coffin.
Words by stef lai
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Written on 2019-05-25 at 18:04
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