back bruises

pull yourself together
cos you're falling apart
emerging on the inside
cos the outside is getting dark

touching touching touching
like a babe without a care
my skin crawls with your acid
when we lie together bare

your lips are lined with parentheses
i trace with my scarred hands
baby, won't you stay with me
as we melt into the sand

what the fuck was this about,

i taste it as it inches down my throat
but it's just so hard to cope
it chains me
holds me to the past

again
i knew the warmth wouldn't last

boys

soft white flesh
rips me to pieces
angles entangled
sweat in the creases

and you pass
from mouth to mouth
stifled cries can't get out

press it in you
pull it out
grinding metal
sparks
a spout

the man always thinks he wins
but her heart is empty with a grin