Take Your Leave

Plunge through the memories

With eyes sewn shut

The bitter slumber takes it hold

As your name 

Mouths itself 

At the back of my mind

Silent subconscious screams 

This bed has become a cliff

I cannot escape

On the aerie of your nightmare

As I’m picked bit by bit

Slowly but surely

Placating your crave

Love always leaves a mark

Yours the deepest of all 

Made sure of that

As your fingernails dance inside my skin

Splitting these ears in two

I can’t

I won’t

Go back to this

Even if the ground pulls 

From under my slipping feet

Hush now

Not another sound

The crow’s nest of your words

Harvesting nothing but death

As your lies

And everything you stand for

Cascade down your mouth 

In a molten drip 

This is it

The door’s blown open

The winds of my defiance ready 

Reminding you

To take your leave 

And wipe your face clean from my heart

2014 Vincent Cuccolo