Tag: survival

Gravity Came for Me

Gravity came for me
fear tipping my skin cold
my mind on fire

my name peeled away
love charred to ash
sense made nothing anymore

I did not find any rope
on the way down

If I had
the knot would have slipped
my fingers would have missed

I learned how to disappear
before I ever learned how to rise

Flightless Lungs

His attention bat me

into the clouds.

No mind on heights.

My wings locked.

I fell from the sky
into the sea,

breaking through glass.

Memories,
webbed netting,
dragging me down.

Flightless lungs.

Scooping out water
with feathers.