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Asylum

They told us we needed therapy

I found my asylum in you


Safety

In your darkness

Behind my every word

Your bewitching grin


You took asylum in me

Ripping me apart

A hatchet to my soul

A spade to my garden ground


Refuge

Shelter

Sanctuary


They wanted to lock us up

They wanted to forget about us

We wanted to forget them, as well


One solution

You told me

One answer


You were in my mind – whispering, kissing

Gnawing, clawing, biting

You were in my heart – filling, guiding

Taking all for yourself


One answer

To their therapy


I closed my eyes to not see

The beauty of your body in the sun

The bitter truth of your words


They told us we needed therapy

But more than that

They told us we should stay

Apart


Father said it

Then Mother, too

Anger rising

Fingers pointing


Asylum


Hide in me, my body open to yours

This offer on our lips

Never part, never again


I planted flowers in my garden

Five all together to grow in the sun

Different each, and each with a different name


Father

Mother

Sister

Brother

And the loveliest flower of all

Baby

Beneath the garden ground


My asylum is in you

*** Submission piece for Nyhterides' Glamour of the Grotesque contest. Poem with necessary words in bold. I hope you enjoyed! Thanks for reading. <3 ***










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