pearl shells
an alternative to armoured brass-
another way to get over it.
it was a broken heart that pushed it
dreams of somewhere down the line
living with white knuckles
instead of blooded ones.
pearl shells
an alternative to brass-
born exclusive to fragile hearts
(witness to countless fissures
in fragmented milky-opaque shells)
brass knuckles
last without rust or break
a damaged alternative; to
pearl shells
and their hollow, flashy hope.
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NEW HEARTS & COLD SEAS
Poetrywhen they seek you out because they know they can, because they know they can get away with it - anonymity is your friend.
