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i am waiting for the moon to fall from my sky

and crack upon the crown of the earth

like some behemoth’s egg

to bleed rancid yolk

yellow as death

for my heart to find a rhythm

that doesn’t hurt

like a senseless bludgeoning against my ribs

which i am sure will cave soon enough

brittle as they are

killing me with shattered bone shrapnel

and i thought my wings were being clipped

like some caged parrot

but i was wrong

the feathers of my future are being plucked

wrenched out by the shafts

like pulling out my fingernails

and now i am realising

my tongue is still there

if bitten and lacerated

and i need it to move again

because i should not be bowing to this pain