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My body aches, 

my bones–brittle– 

Bracing the weight, 

of how small I am. 

Pain weighs heavy, a freighter hull packed with cargo, 

words I never spoke. 

I sit patiently 

My stomach turns. 

I’m taking someone else's pain. Making it mine– 

while trying to fade away 

This pain that accumulates– like snow on tired limbs, 

Silent but relentless, 

until the branches break. 

I seek no penance, 

Ask for no forgiveness, 

Yet bleed from invisible stains. This trail of red corrupts the ground A path so bright, but yet unseen.