damaged petals
hedge taunts
cloche
barricading words
scissored rose thorns
fell piercing
bleeding epidermis
dry
that was
then this
is now
no thorns
no cloche
required
forgotten rose
your memory
wilted
sap renewed
pulses
through my
veins
this new garden
welcomes me
we blossom
you and I
Poison invades my veins
I’m in your bed, my skin hurts
are you my poison, I refuse to
believe, I clamber to my feet
I take aboard your lies, touch my face
all is forgiven the poison that entered
is forgotten
caress my skin say how you love me
you are the boy that is my lover
I ingest what you tell me, pretend
it’s me that you love
there is no anti-venom
Ramblings From A Mum 