years
sitting here naked
and exposed choosing
v u l n e r a b i l i t y
I pay you to
LISTEN
gasping
I rip away skin
muscle
exposing what’s
inside
blood and emptiness
(you stifle a yawn behind your hand)
slowly
silently
I retrieve the shards of myself
that are strewn
across the floor
and
opening my mOuth
I swallow them down
I stand and leave this place
she could not be helped they said
by 