As years
of protective layers
ignited, then fell
away into ash,
the first
puff of air
from your lips
slipped through
my divisions
like water spilling
over earthen levees,
until I drowned.
(April 29, 2018)
As years
of protective layers
ignited, then fell
away into ash,
the first
puff of air
from your lips
slipped through
my divisions
like water spilling
over earthen levees,
until I drowned.
(April 29, 2018)