𝐃𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐌 𝐖𝐀𝐋𝐊𝐄𝐑

on my tongue lay the words that had been caught in my throat in the form of a lump i struggled to swallow whole forced out into the air they disappear into the sound and still i am left unsaid

every pain every burden rest heavy inside the arch of my back my body lays in the dirt my face is hidden from the sun the earth shifts into sand i sink under the weight of all the words you never say silence lives inside your throat i am wanting i am pleading for the sound of your voice i am starved of affection i am hungry for your touch your hands caress only what they would possess like a bandage pulled from a wound too soon you strip yourself away from my flesh i am left bare for whomever may comes next

a drop of black rippled into a sea of red flowing into the waves of blue that spiral shades of silver that drips down heavy on the crown of gold

do you hear the pounding against the cage inside my chest, the rattling of my heart tossed from one end to the next, the ripping sound it makes as it breaks and tears to pieces, the crimson that escapes as my suspiration ceases

my feet sink deep into the soft earth, it wants to take me back and make me clay and dust, to nourish the soil and give back the life that was stolen

feeling the warmth of another's skin pressed deep inside until my soul releases sparks of fire burning crimson that fades into amber turning ashes to gold

there’s something false in the way she laughs, like in one moment she will break down into pieces.

like a falling star combusted into flames, will you be mesmerized as the fire licks away until only ash remains.

there it was on the tip of my tongue, a song untuned to a melody unsung.