Your Unfeathered Glow

WHAT

What do you want 

from me

I'm tired of feeling you

I can't stand this shake

This beat

This breathless air

You make me forget

The sun

The moon

The starlit sky

Wasted minutes spent

asking why, why, why

WHY

What do you need

It's always something

I'm not ready to give

But you take it

like it's your own

Like I'm some need

to feed

your unfeathered glow

And I hate the way

you've danced in my bones

You've danced in my bones

You've. Danced. In. My. Bones.

Like you have a right

to make me your home

Is there anyplace safe

to rest my soul

How can I give the things

that are too hard to know

-April 2017