Paper Heart, Gossamer Skin
Like a butterfly
wings laden with rain
I’ve forgotten how to fly
My paper heart
no longer sings
the tune of the hopeful
My skin gossamer
a study in contradictions
longs for touch but fears the pain of fingertips
The siren song of eternal sleep
tries to seduce my broken body
but my autonomic nervous system
refuses to heed the call
(pump, breathe, digest)
an endless cycle which bores me
“Is this all there is?”
I scream into the void
πͺ