Carve  #131

brittle; fearless
and fearful
Unfulfilled

heavenly endeavors
seep through
woven wounds

mourn the child
that lay
ensconced
underneath skin

I carve from you
My own flesh
I remove
My Pain
stab deep
to purge you
cancer of life
You convulse
scratching
     scraping
                 rasping
Until bloody

Scatter
raven forest skims urges
drowned
smiles cease
liquid dreams
evaporate
recoiling expanse
upper room sarcophagus
shag red and violent
fury
vile serpent tongue tastes
leaking numb needles
black brim hat
wore mother that day

Tar stained feet
burn the pavement

"Get Off the Road Stupid Bitch"
Expressway gusts
raised rags
but never my face