Just tell me
who you want me to be...

Rise, then fall
surge and flame...

my lips
are dry like bones...

Today I am empty
all I hold is...

What is it
I'm afraid you'll see...

Hold me
like I'm broken...

I am soft and wide
like hips that have seen childbirth...

I'm crippled by
the pain, and fear...

Envelop me like a current
as the sunlight falls to pieces...

Today I pruned the roses
I touched the green leaves...

Perhaps today
will be inspiring...

...like broken fragments
otherworldly...