Monday, 12 April 2021

SPLINTERS

Every time

you hold me

you break a part of me

your grasp is so weak

that I easily

slip through

your past

to see

that these splinters

between us

has nothing 

to do with me


This friction

in your embrace

is no touch of grace

but open scars

with broken jars

of deep love

that now arms you

and still harms you

who choose

to scar

that which scarred you,

sparingly

allowing those

broken jars

to protect you

from loving me


But if you would just

put  your palm

on your face

and move it slowly

then maybe you'll feel

what you cannot see

that great power

you have given

unreservedly

to your pain

again

Copyright©2021 by Camille Caliscia Patrick




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