and like a book
i slowly, gently, lovingly broke your spineand then you rocked
back and forth
back and forth
back and forth
holding your fragile headand that was when i knew
i was the monster you'd been hiding from
YOU ARE READING
the shepherd's sword
Random[the things we dare not say aloud] the walls have faces, you know. the angels do not.
pages between us
and like a book
i slowly, gently, lovingly broke your spineand then you rocked
back and forth
back and forth
back and forth
holding your fragile headand that was when i knew
i was the monster you'd been hiding from