You once knew me
and I still know you
you are my bleeding
and I am you sinew
I have born you
you were churned from the milk of my oceans
where I grew you
you were within me
and I am still within you
born onto the shore
you have learned to walk
you have learned to run
you have learned to hurt me
you have left a velvet scar on my skin
you look me in the eye
as you stick your pick in
you mined me for gold
you mined me all night
we once fled together
out along the old road
you have tasted the water of my second mouth
it was just one lonely month
just a single pipette
you frown so darkly now
as you recite the alphabet
you were my best bastard friend
and now you want to forget
how many days
how many evenings
what is the juice of your mind
it has intoxicated my lung
forever together
eternally apart
your blood is a ribbon
where the earth began to part
I am a
I am just a splash in your face
you tried me
you tried me again and again
to hit my darkest place
now we untangle
now we jerk apart
your fist is too frantic
mine is clutching your heart
lay us down now
lay us under the earth
we will make the mountains groan
we will reside in a city park
This poem features on my new EP: See it on Bandcamp
