You Were Leaking
You Were Leaking
Here, I have it
in a cup for you –
you were leaking
No,
not in a manner of
speaking –
I saw it drip
down your sk-
What happened to your
skin?
I know I’m of carbon too,
but you wear a suit of
soot –
your hands aren’t your
hands
they are a bird’s eye
view
of multitudinous sand
dunes
Focus now,
divert your dimming stare
into my palms brimming
with life
and tell me:
is it yours?
Yes?
Alright, do drink up –
you may sip the cup,
I don’t need it back
No?
But, it is yours:
blood and breath and bone
hope and grit and fire
and look at it gleaming
with the love you’ve
shone
What are you smiling
about?
You mean to tell me
that you called for the
drawdown?
Why?
Oh, you’re moving –
where to?
Wait!
Where are you going?
You do not leave
footsteps,
how will I find you?
I cannot reach you.
How will I know
if you’re still smiling?
Awesome and deeply disturbing
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