Sure, you haven’t even felt me yet.

I am entangled in a blanket of your hands

They sting like a bucket of dried burrs

You wrap me up tighter and my mouth rests, astonished

Wet air pours from my mouth like morning sickness

Heavy

Heavy

Heavy

Can you hear my ribs grinding like two cars in a crash?

Can you hear my gasps like there is a crowd watching a man fall from a skyscraper?

Can you hear my eyes trembling like a small child waiting for a school bus in the winter?

Heavy

Heavy

Heavy

I am entangled in a blanket of your world

It stings like a bathtub filled with wasps

You wrap me up tighter and my body rests, horrified

Wet terror pours from my chest like trauma

Heavy

Too heavy

Too fucking heavy

Too fucking heavy that I want to scream

I want to scream

I want to

I want

I