/Child/
I am sorry
For everything I've been
Seen. Or looked
like an eternal mess
I'm sorry that my arms
feel insulting. Or that my
eyes keep on going
red and red. There's
delirium in shouting, in
Letting go, letting go
And my dad and my mom
seem to let go a lot these days
My brother sulking like a rabid cat
Or my toes curling like a weak dog's
tail. I'm sorry that I want to cry
But my eyes keep on drying
My chest spilling out all the heaving
breaths. That no one listens to
Really though. I'm sorry because I've been
Existing. And then dying out
Fizzled. With all of you. And the
post houmus silence. After a war like night
Your stringent face. And the way your
mouth freezes. Actually, lips thinning out
Pursing. Your hands spilling over my sins
My words fumbling over your silence
That feel like accusations. All of my trajectory put tighter in circles
With half of my wings clipped off
And the sun's crimson turning snow
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