Ritual

On both sides of drunk
and on both sides of sober,
both sides of the truth
and both sides a lie 
lie the two of us.

You own the license to my pain,
I hold the leasehold to your wounds,
we hunger for the ritual       
embedded in our souls,
bruises that won't heal.

We can't breathe but what 
we're bleeding, 
leeching out the worst 
of how we feel.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2006

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