Friday, 5 February 2016

Hum


My lungs are a flurry of manic birds

Scattering at the sight of turbulence

Of threat

Heartbeat scatters, pitter patters

Against a dead weight, dragging,

Sinking through the abyss of my stomach

But you,

Are like helium to my wrinkled balloon heart

You bring colour and volume

To my tired, etched skin.

And light-

You make me lighter

You place my heart on a pedestal

Far from the pressure of the deep

to an azure sea

calm, assured, teased by the wind

gently cooing the birds

with your contented lullaby

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