hidden beneath white covers
filled with comforting feathers,
you find me,
soaking myself with tears.
gasping for breath,
barely clinging to life.
a grim hole
ripped in my chest,
shattered red glass
surrounding me.
polished, lustrous, and yet
jagged.
every malicious edge
aimed at me.
ominously threatening.
drawing a deep yet shaky breath,
filled with every emotion,
every memory,
every second of you,
i exhale.
shattered red glass rolls
beneath my soft skin
as i do…
piercing me,
staining the white sheets scarlet.
sanguinary and beautiful,
misery flows deep from
within,
as i stare,
the expanding stains
fascinating me.
their patterns swirl and twirl,
unpredictable.
I rise,
more shattered glass piercing my arms,
my legs..
a welcome throbbing
replacing an apathetic existence.
i stumble toward the door,
naked,
bleeding,
seeking relief.
i step outside
into a thundering
downpour,
a barbaric scream
climbs out of my soul,
echoing back against
the vociferous sky.
we talk,
that boisterous sky and I,
as the rain nearly
drowns me.
as the sky clears,
my wounds heal.
i stand naked,
perilously ethereal and vulnerable.
dripping wet,
covered in water mixed
with remnants of a bloody battle,
i crawl back inside,
rip the sheets off my
bed,
tossing them into flames,
glass and all.
one jagged piece remains,
saved but not treasured.
a reminder
of the heart
which once beat
so dependently upon
yours.
