::: scar tissue :::

[gnutmeg]

I won't give you my throat again
choking on the entrails of my own existence
I know what your teeth taste like
against my skin
my scars could swallow you whole
I could drown you in my veins

the silence is only as deep as my eyes
you could fall forever
if I let you in
but I won't because I can never
can't ever forgive what you
because I'm bleeding

there are no feathers to protect me
just letters, pages on the floor
I can't remember
knives glimmer in every smile
shredded tongue to choke you with
never doubt the mortality of my hips