twoblueviolets

Dear, that fifteen minutes, a week

less than.

all it took for you to worm your way in. 

A day. A moment. A lifetime crammed between seconds.

a bond that is a force to be reckoned with.

gold highlights the scars 
gone but can't be forgotten 
the gold reminds us 

that 

we did this we're corr-
-upted We spilt red blood from 
gold veins Remember 

sing even if you sing badly; dance even if you dance horribly; write even if you write terribly; love even if you are bad at it.

a collision of keratin

and chipping pigments

a meticulous routine spent

washing pale nails

in a montage of paint trails,

I'm six on the living room floor -

the pink album the pink album I chant -

dad puts the Supremes on the record player, the jacket handed to me -

pink, with three of the most beautiful women I've ever seen -

the Midwest is a snake eating its own tail.

get out get out get out is the head, beating in time with the heartbeat of every new baby born in these states,