lifeline #2

catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
edited December 2008 in Poetry, Prose, Music & Art
i am black
i am blue
i am red all over
beaten by words
and inaction
strangled to within an inch of my sorry life
the scars become what keep me whole
you raise me up
folding me in your hand
and squeeze the breath out of me
until i collapse
you crush my bones
beneath your weight i die
just a little more than before
hear my name
take a good look
this could be the day
hold my hand
lie beside me
i just need to say
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