tell the world i tumbled from my mother
with a shitty punk haircut
and a penchant for tenderness
concealed in exoskeleton
i learned to love the scent of blood
and see softness in mutts that
sank their teeth into my skin
i let my leg hair grow
fantasized about freeing the horses
ran my finger down the spine of each leaf i passed
wondered about your day
you
make sure they
know i reopened that wound each night
so anyone who needed to see themselves in another body
knew precisely how to enter
and someone, please, keep it open when it finally kills me
i don’t care the instrument
razor, words, fingernails
teeth or tenderness
tell them i wanted to stay soft
to warm their hands
to keep them safe inside me
show them where to shelter in the sub-terrain of my body
there will always be space for you here
and you
and you
and you
(mm, mm, mm)
i won't bleed forever
i won't bleed
horses
soft hands
singing
trying
i won’t bleed forever
horses
soft hands
singing
bodies
trying
i won’t bleed forever
horses
soft hands
singing
bodies
trying
i won’t bleed forever
horses
soft hands
singing
bodies
trying
i won’t bleed forever
horses
soft hands
singing
bodies
trying
i won’t bleed forever
horses
soft hands
singing
