The world was way too loud.I whispered my worst deeds to your waiting ears,slipping my secrets under the already exhausted rug in the hopes that you would be as overwhelmed by the bellowing Earth as I was, and wouldn’t hear.My luck was lost to the summer breeze,my dirt as clear as a bell,but your hand…

Pressed against the pale walls,praying for a fortunate fate for these lips of mine,pleased, pressed between the painted bricks and the pink jacket that adorned your arms,pressed, and pleased like a pretty poppy in a tasteless coffee table decoration. Just one kiss,one kiss would kill the last, lingering, languishing, lonely shred of my resistance.

Night fell and I found myself in the shadows.I pouted into my pocket mirror,pouring over my new persona,delicate, dangerous dinosaur,tiger shark, taking to land. I left myself behind,becoming the warrior my lover needed,and I tore trees from the Earth,stripped stars from the sky to find the poisoned pea underneath your mattress.I am devoted to you,digging…