Someone started this day in arms
Of a waiting mother
Thanking a safe arrival
Someone started this day with bows
And paper on boxes
The BEST gift inside
Someone started this day intertwined
In hot sticky summer sex
Capped with a blunt
Someone started this day another
Go round the sun
Everyday is someone's birthday
Words don't fail me now Spill out like the wails of mothers losing their babies at the auction block words comfort me like the prayers at dawn during The Fast to our benevolent God Muster up lifelong
It feels like flushed cheeks and pulsating jawbones It feels empty It feels like blood rapidly popping as it travels from heart It feels like nothing It feels like under/over eating It feels like a vo
The anxiety makes the stomach flip The depression makes the limbs heavy The tug and pull Is overwhelming and nauseating Gags Short breaths Teeth chattering Big sighs as tears roll down
