Drowning
I told my pride
to vanish, to unspool,
and ride the thin thread
of his touch,
a flicker of fire,
a cruel light,
to some far-off place
where the earth swallows
all the sins of skin.
I want to melt—
not...
to vanish, to unspool,
and ride the thin thread
of his touch,
a flicker of fire,
a cruel light,
to some far-off place
where the earth swallows
all the sins of skin.
I want to melt—
not...