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**topic* * i swim in the blood under your fingernails

by Kimberly Bare

you raked
through my life
like nails
into sweet flesh
taking
whatever i offered
with not a moments
regard


too soon
i reached out
to grasp
empty smiles
and
sorrowful sighs


i thought i could swim
in the blood
under your
fingernails


i thought you my
buoyancy


it seems i was only
drowning
all the while

11/26/2003

Author's Note: thanks to Alaina for the topic...i hope i did it justice!

Posted on 11/26/2003
Copyright © 2024 Kimberly Bare

Member Comments on this Poem
Posted by Max Bouillet on 11/28/03 at 04:57 PM

Okay the was a real mind journey. Great use of language and images that catapault right to the forefront of my brain. :)

Posted by Michele Schottelkorb on 12/01/03 at 03:41 AM

this is brilliant and so visually stimulating... makes me have shivers... excellent write... blessings...

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