Stencilled Skin

I’m sitting

In a garden

Amongst the yellow roses

Stencilling letters

Into my skin

Hoping they’ll make me

More meaningful

 

I’m using a silver pen

And my fingers

Are stained with it

 

They shimmer as they move

Like fish scales

As they catch the sun

 

I send them darting

Through the roses

Showering myself with

Sweet yellow petals

 

Beneath them

My stencilled skin

Runs with dew

And I lose all meaning

In the silver trails

That chase down my body

 

Like the tears

Of stars

Reviews

[Eira Anchor]

super good!