Make Things Better

Your fingers trace my spine

Count my ribs

You feel through flesh

Feel my heart

Beating through my back.

We laugh.

Is that normal?

 

We lay in wheelbarrows

Wellington booted feet

In the air above us

Dreaming we could walk

On clouds

Dreaming we could do

Anything we liked

 

Dreaming dreams

Come true

 

Your fingers trace my veins

Stroke my wrist

You press against my skin

And watch the blood flow back

Through the tiny tubes

Watch my life

Pump beneath your fingertips

 

It made you feel strong

 

 

And at night

When you cried

In the dark

I held your hand

Held you together

And somehow

It made me feel strong

 

Like I could make things better.

Reviews

[EMP]

this is soo amazing, really powerful, made me go :o,

"watch my life
pump beneath your fingertips"

like beatricee said, sinister and innocent at the same time.
brilliant.

[Beatrice Mars]

This seems so sinister and innocent at the same time. Love it

[Elliot Kyron]

Wow. The imagery in this piece is stunning. And that last stanza was just... Beautiful. It gave me this serene feeling. I really liked this piece. Well done!