as you exhale the darkness

I inhale the way you move

so you can break me in my curves

where the softest pieces of me

are left with the impressions of your bones

so learn me

touch me

know me

kiss me

hold me

want me

in all ways biological and beautiful

remembering that this my curse

and I fear that as your teeth graze my skin

my poison will fill your mouth

you want to breathe me

bite me

swallow me whole

well you are shredding my flesh

with your tongue

and I am splitting to understanding...

I will never be enough for you.

without knowing, you are louder today

than you were yesterday

your lack of attention

breaks my bones

did you know you are stepping

on my toes?

sure, we can play mercy

bend back my fingers baby

and it's the way you breathe

good god, it is that you breathe..