could you feel it beginning
to fall apart
when you kissed her lips
under the floral arch?
it happened so soon,
he became the glue that bound
you together.
you’d count his fingers and
toes, so delicate and small.
you never would’ve guessed they’d
make those holes in the dry-wall.you never imagined you’d be here
again; broken glass on the kitchen
floor, a policeman
knocking at the door.there’s a silent melancholy
song that pours from
your lips,
like the whiskey you nurse
as they take him away with
his hands behind his back.
Tag: i love you brother
please please please stop building
these walls just so that you can tell me
i’m crossing the line.
remember when we shared a
womb for nine months?
there were no lines then, just
innocence and warmth. i want
to take you back there.remember when the doctor explained why
you were so small and weak when you were born?
i took
all the nutrients from the placenta.
i took
your strength, and i wish i could
give it back to you now because
i’m scared to see you fall
knowing i cannot do anything to save you.
i want this to be my fault.
i want to take away this
darkness within you and burn it myself
so i cannot watch
you crumble.i wish i could transfuse to you all
i’ve learned from the scars
on my arms and thighs and the heartbreak
i’ve been given and the heartbreak i’ve caused
so that you wouldn’t have to feel it all.
i am standing with my hands up
ready to surrender myself in your place, but
i know i cannot do your time
when the prison is within the walls of your mind.