hairs magnetic
lips slick
skin memorizing
blackberry kiss
Tag: body memory
breathing,
you against my chest
your breath
my breath
cedar scratches my skin
Insides met
Insides melt
hip turned
hands still warm
I taste pine
before rain
Flame rolls over me
from shoulder
to hip
I fold
concave against the cold past
Rib cave
memory bones
strings worn
chains dissolved
red
Green water
lapping at my legs
I bend
fingertips dip into
river
heart never leaves here
body memorized it
when she was six
couldn’t swim
I wear the scent of the tree,
wet bark, freshly peeled back.
Tearing strips, I tie
I build my fort,
securing branch to branch.
Cedar leaflet canopy,
above me,
loud voices.
Plates rattle.
Legs, covered in dust,
my shirt twisted up.
Hair pasted to my neck and forehead.
Sticky skin. Warmth.
I stay.
No one calls me.
Sap drying on my hands.