Vessel
I reside in a nest of twigs
There is a spot on the bed
Next to you
My nest
snaps under my weight
The twigs
They punture my back
You are worlds away
And I
am merely in a life-like dress
That flows down your house
as blood trickles down my spine
You only stare
You ask to be inside
of me
But I tell you
I am only the ghost
of the woman you met last summer
I am not warm
I am not here
Your hands indent marks
on my skin
My body is scarred
But if only you could see
My insides
Sprawled on the floor
How oblivious
How ignorant
How silent
You are
Towards all I have become
I'm pounding obscenities
into your walls
And you can only stare
at my tangles of hair
Matted to my face
and my neck
My
Throbbing
Aching
Neck
So I stay
Where else would I go
At least here
I have my place
My nest
next to you
The stranger in your clothes