Not Us

November 8, 2017

Tracing my fingers

down my veins

into yours--

feeling our

hearts beat

beat

in time.

Nails scrape,

bones break;

not ours.

And you are tracing

your fingers down

your veins

into mine--

Never a stop.

Never an end.

Nails scrape;

Bones break.

Not ours.

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