Kayci Lamb

i fell in love with your veins
the light blue and even the crimson
but i became a clot inside your heart
stopping it forever.
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I want to plant you like a flower
Filling you every day with endless sunrays
But you can ignore this in the spirit of banter
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two am i turn on pbs
i see a red muppet looking for us
he asked me to count to ten
i scoffed and then
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witnessing the start
of a piece of art
a princess loved,
but never told
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in the winter i want to curl up inside you,
only to emerge in the bright heat of summer,
still grasping your hand like a lost lamb,
groping for your warmth.
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every time i remember you exist
i salt my tongue
every word i said to you
is an open wound
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you'll find me under the floorboards
reeking of formaldehyde and rosemary
i watch and wait for you
to pick back the wooden planks
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bite my teeth
you've got melodies in your joints
pick my nails
you've got tv screens in your eyes
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i broke my back lifting a daisy
i lay all day in bed and rest
eyes so heavy they're wide open
at least i am not alone:
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when you open yourself for that brief moment
when you dig inside and rip apart your ribs
i flutter into the clouds and for a small while
i am ethereal, untouchable, a butterfly
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my eyes are aflame
my belly filled with stars
my heart is buzzing
and i never want it to stop
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I swear I didn't mean to
but I tattooed you
onto my eyelids
and every time I wake up
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Translucent veins dot along the arms of once alive bark
Stillness and cold forcing past greenery to fade into geometric shapes

The shrub now a tangle of twigs
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I braided dozedaises with her hair;
the green stem,
the white petals,
and the yellow stamen,
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the tides roll in
the tides roll out

the day tolls on
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you're blinding me
with all that light inside you
you're so bright
i couldn't handle the heat
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i wish i was the moon
i could be your protector
your light in the dark
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