Tuesday, June 18, 2013

what i leave behind


if you were gone who would i be
i made your shit a part of me
your hands no longer touch my face
but when i sleep i feel their weight

the bruises of body and soul
know violence has made me whole
in briefest pauses of the day
assuring me i have to stay

and when i rise i soon forget
the aching cut of my regret
illusions that the pain won't last
in busyness of each day passed

if you were gone who would i be
how could i join humanity 
when who i am is now defined
by all that i must leave behind

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