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Poetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash. Leonard Cohen
Showing posts with label walking on broken glass. Show all posts
Showing posts with label walking on broken glass. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Broken Glass

cigarettes and broken glass by viewfinder
I have learned to walk on broken glass
how to step lightly and quietly
I no longer cry out
when the pieces slice my feet
Shhh
Quiet now
I use the blood to paint
my nails a happy crimson for you
Watch me dance on
the shards
How useful are the scars
I can pirouette
as slivers burrow
into my toes
and I feel nothing.

submitted for dVerse Poets Pub, Open Link Night Week #52