I want to be a flapper
ascent
Slices of a Souldier- the heart
You escort my heart out
From under me
Massaging and loving
Persuading and wooing
Charming and convincing
Subtlety turning
Toward cowardly convictions
Flatlining the beat you set in motion
Placing it on the pavement
While you disappear
Just for a minute…
Dear…
Seasons pass then reappear
My heart long succumbed
To your dead cold air
Another burnt strand of hair
Another scratch against the mirror
Lest you uncover your ear
Detecting my heart alive and vulnerable
These are the wounds
That etch me into a souldier
To you, dear
At the mouth of this cage
Ascent
Ascending
into freedom
I know you want me
Coming in your kingdom
Stretch that lace
Round my neck
Crack that whip
My nails down your…
Hypnotic pulses
Regenerating
A lovers connection
But I am not bound
To my knees
To adorn you
My hands are not tied
skin to skin
To absorb your sin
My mouth is not gagged
Screaming for permission to speak
My words run wild
And I follow their lead
Right out the door
Free