Sunday, June 30, 2024

Licking your wounds December 2013

 


Yes,

You are,

Though as you’ve

Said before,

If you think

You’re either completely

Bonkers, or ten people,

And I think you are

A person for each

She  shell you occupy,

Even if at this moment

You are trapped in

The one you’re in,

The one you ache

To escape from,

Carrying with you

That idea that

You might slip away

Unnoticed to some

Remote destination,

Like a wounded ally cat,

To lick the blood from

All the places you’ve

Been bitten,

But you can’t leave

Yet, and so, must lick

Where you are a

And hope it is enough

To cure you enough

To get by long enough

So, you can survive.

You are,

What you are,

And it’s the best

Any of us can hope for,

To be what we can be

At this moment,

Maybe better

The next time round,

If only you can fix yourself

And find another shell

To crawl into

Where you can feel

Safe again.


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