It seeps from a cavity within my chest
There is an endless supply of words
Pouring from my soul, onto this paper
Painful and honest scribbles
Never meaningless and yet they are simple
Simple thoughts dancing like ribbon wrapping itself around a gift
Tied, knotted feelings weave through my chest, sewing and binding the cracked pieces of my heart back together
Words.
Once swallowed, and forgotten
Now raw and exposed
Like the songs that have spoken for my heart so many times
Words.
Tattoos on the heartlines of my small and fragile hands.
You've held them, so tightly and sweetly, in your own not long ago
Our heartlines, once aligned, dancing along our touching palms, with the intensity of two aching heartbeats traveling in the same direction
The strong and painfully perfect rhythm held us together during our slow dance in the pouring rain.
Salty and cold, the raindrops, our tear drops, fell down to Earth
Puddles formed around our feet as we held onto one another tighter
We let the water rise until only our lips were above the surface
With one deep and final breath you pressed your sweet lips onto mine and we let the water devour our bodies
Drowning slowly in our tears, we chose to hold on rather than let go and swim
Breathing was not breathing without your lungs to fill mine
My hands would not work without yours perfectly embracing them
How could we let go and not hold one another amidst this flood
Slowly we let ourselves sink to the bottom of the heavy ocean we created
The weight of the water crushed our bodies and the pressure from the waves threatened to separate us
Together, sad but determined, we pulled our mouths away from each other, our lips and hearts hating every moment apart
Our hands slowly loosened their grip on one another and we released them to our sides
How empty and hallow my body felt without you holding it so securely in your strong arms
But we needed to swim
Away from each other
Up to the surface of our tears
To survive. To breathe. To float. To dance together again.
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