let me paint my mural on your back

feel the heaviness of my hands
resting upon your soft center

they are rough &
they are splintered

let me finger paint you a picture

here
down your spine

feel the tracings of my fear
trembling in the curved line of
a goose’s neck

see its almond body

waddling
wobbling

almost tipping &
going nowhere

feel the heat of my temper burning &
making wings of your shoulder blades

vicious scratches spanning vertebrae

adding color
reddening
inflamed

I pause
I lift my fingers

I press my whisper
against your bones

what do you want with me