Anatomy of a Violent Crime
One day I'll catch you pick pocketing my chest cavity.
I'll catch you reaching past flesh without calamity.
I'll catch you, hands stained with red taboo,
Sneaking under skin and view.
Tearing your way through one adieu
---and another---
Gladly giving your hands
to biological contraband
Grasping at rib cages
as if you were filling out log pages.
but now you've got your hands cuffed
between now and forever.
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I'm still trying to catch you
sifting through my pockets
in search of heart shaped lockets
Because somebody hurt you
and I'm the perfect pick for a pick pocket
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Maybe one day I'll catch you
fingers gripping your own soul as firmly as you grip mine
your tears like calamity, filling up the cavities.
of victims that wish to be whole
---Maybe one day we'll be whole---
One day I'll catch you pick pocketing my chest cavity.
I'll catch you reaching past your own heart
bleeding too.
I'll catch you, hands stained with red taboo,
Digging under human tissue.
My veins still wrapped around your ring finger
---Because One day I will catch you---
---If only I could catch you---