New Life

with every breath the jagged edges fit neatly into the same wounds I try to stop it but the silky pain melts down my center As the steel drags across my tongue it forms a wake of metallic spurs dancing in my mouth my lips form his name and I have a moment's reprieve heat forms like a fireball exploding through my mind I beg for a quick kiss to quell my misery My thoughts run as fast as the air from my lungs I search for that quiet, warm, careful womb Instead, I am pushed back to the harshness of birth fighting for survival in this world that overloads my senses