Open

My body is open,
curved wide along the pieces
of my spine,
heart failing as the blood
pulses weakly through my veins
until I'm left with nothing
but the faint beat of my heart
a dull echo in my skull.
I'll ask you to fill me,
hands fluttering along the sides of my ribs,
fingers tracing the ache of my lungs,
the strips of my skin blood ribbons
trailing down my clothes
as I wait to receive your love
and end the emptiness
inside me.

together

05/16/12

hold through this feeling,
the beat of your hands
upon my chest, the trace
of your breath trailing up
the back of my neck, the kiss
of your lips but a shadow against mine
as my heart slowly shatters
and falls away,
layer by layer until i'm left alone
with nothing but this emptiness
to console me.
i can't ask for you to hold me
together.