mercy

fist closed over a sun burned cold

painting a cloud’s haze over the old,

dried ink beating in my slow heart

the bare Requiem of Mozart

lays quiet on my hands

his lonely sounds, poised to start

bitten dreams and misshapen bliss

written into an impolite kiss

fingernails buried in my skin

ruined veins thick with sin

foreign warmth flooding in

daylight has never been so wrong

falling over your blurred grin

fireproof, unchanged, blinded

truth twisted deeply into the wound

broken, jagged, and cutting

snapped, running on torn feet

tired blood behind me

eyes close slowly, head burning

cooled dusk and the dark is churning

kyrie eleison, my vivid yearning

dripping down from your thoughtless skies

gently, languidly turning

say, “i love you”, apologize

bringing me red-soaked lies

the ground reaches out and i fold

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