Skull/Heart/Guts
This skin-bag
barely containing wild raw nature
cortex-capped, with dipping cord
spine-tingling nervously
into the maelstrom below;
calcium throne above
shuddering brittly at the thought
of battles and struggles
death and love and chemicals;
in the middle, my heart.
©KB Nov 2011
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One response to “New Poem: Skull/Heart/Guts”
I like the fragility this poem conveys.
Thanks for your work.