Villanelle (for the breathing flesh-blood-vein inside me)
All my mothers will hum your lullaby,
Hold tight when we bump in the rocky nights,
And they will all forgive when you first cry.
Quietness falling not failing the skies
We will run with their bitters tongues,hold tight.
All my mothers will hum your lullaby.
We will not pass the saddest road and die,
Daddy will drive us home before his [...]
this ain’t true, unless i scream
i will lie and they will spread my legs, for you to stretch a bleeding exit. why do i have to breathe so fast, fast enough that i cannot even run with my own breath, only just for you to breathe. why do i have swing my own mood to sway with your swim? i [...]
