I pushed ink and memories into my skin
so I would not forget where my blood flowed,
relentless.
Author of poetry and fiction
I pushed ink and memories into my skin
so I would not forget where my blood flowed,
relentless.
I am a lioness you say.
I hunt for my pride, but I look in
boxes I had long put up for winter,
forgetting it was November.
I am a lioness you say.
Blood drips from my muzzle
as I lope through the herd of
blissfully unaware sheep.
I am a lioness you say.
I dress myself daily in the wools
of my hunt from the day before,
being sure to hide my fangs.
I am a lioness you say.
I am still hunting for my pride.
It seems you, one of the sheep,
has ripped it from me.
I collect spare change from the couches of
yesterday and people I haven’t met yet,
going without food and dreams for days because
I can live off of the way you light up my
bones and breathe life into my absent smile,
but your time will always be too rich for my blood.