To be or not to be. That is the question. A question, yes, but not a choice.
liahat Zitat gemachtvor 2 Jahren
I kneel beside him to see how far
I might sink. Do you know who I am,
Ba? But the answer never comes. The answer
is the bullet hole in his back, brimming
with seawater. He is so still I think
he could be anyone’s father
liahat Zitat gemachtvor 2 Jahren
I turn him
over. To face it. The cathedral
in his sea-black eyes. The face
not mine—but one I will wear
to kiss all my lovers good-night:
the way I seal my father’s lips
with my own & begin
the faithful work of drowning.
liahat Zitat gemachtvor 2 Jahren
He moves like any
other fracture, revealing the briefest doors. The dress
petaling off him like the skin
of an apple. As if their swords
aren’t sharpening
inside him. This horse with its human
face. This belly full of blades
& brutes. As if dancing could stop the heart
of his murderer from beating
between his ribs.
liahat Zitat gemachtvor 2 Jahren
I open my eyes. His face between my hands, wet as a cut. If we make it to shore, he says, I will name our son after this water. I will learn to love a monster.
liahat Zitat gemachtvor 2 Jahren
He laughs but his eyes betray him. He laughs despite knowing he has ruined every beautiful thing just to prove beauty cannot change him.
liahat Zitat gemachtvor 2 Jahren
Everyone’s shouting or singing and he can’t tell whether the song is for him—or the burning rooms he mistook for childhood.
liahat Zitat gemachtvor 2 Jahren
Don’t you know? A mother’s love
neglects pride
the way fire
neglects the cries
of what it burns.
liahat Zitat gemachtvor 2 Jahren
Don’t we touch each other just to prove we are still here? I was still here once.
liahat Zitat gemachtvor 2 Jahren
Maybe we pray on our knees because god
only listens when we’re this close
to the devil.
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