Posted by Jade on February 15, 1999 at 18:01:32:
wrapped in the circlet of your faith
i am swelled up fat as a water dragon
carrying my creature along my back, behind my ribs
i walk along unsteady
the tip and shake of my brimful eyes
threaten even the sharp corners, the clear horizon
this is the pocket from which you ripped me,
my clean skin a pink squall from the nest,
delivered and undone in your presence
this is the net from which you took me
wriggling and ashine with droplets of joy
my heart a place for the tattoo of your voice
i look down past my throat,
through my esophagus,
move aside my lungs
there she is, the little thing
humming her spider song as she weaves her
blood rhythym
under your hands i ignite
my breath is gasoline
i implode
you touch all the pieces, raw and unwieldy,
that churn at your presence,
the cloak of your eyes,
you thumb them aside, these pages of my skin
bones and sinew melt at your grip
past me
past all of me
you reach out for her,
swallow her whole, sweet songs and all
how she must taste in your throat,
her red sweetness, small throbs as she echoes
among you
empty
empty
but for the parts you fill
with your love
(i am aware of how foolish it is
to lose your heart while so young
But then again, you are so strong,
and the cut you made so clean
I am fairly certain it will grow closed again)