With Care
There was a church fire in his throat
cold, begging eyes, a mere disguise.
Each word crept,
slit the wrist of another sin,
wrapping dirty fingers around
the wounds with care,
pooling the blood
between her lips.
"Drink,
and fall with me.”
-James Kelley 2014, All rights reserved.
Copyright © James Kelley | Year Posted 2014
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