I don't know you anymore

I digest your promises like lead

weighed down by your flippancy

Apologies turn to ash when they leave your lips

When I choke on them I can almost taste truth

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My instinct is to run to you. Take shelter in you

But my legs are shaking and buckling. I can't breathe

I have no shelter to return to anymore

I am lost

Reviews

[John the Baptist]

Very good portrait of one in a quandary. We can almost feel the speaker's alternating frustration and dread.

[poison&kerosene]

These are some of my worst because I’m not quite sure how to make art out of this. I’m glad it still translated dear John.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

When someone just totally lets us down, and we lose trust in that person...a shelter is definitely
defiled, and we are left with our heart on shaky ground.
j.

[poison&kerosene]

The comment is always better penned than the poem with you Jacob. Beautifully put. Thank you for returning always.