No,
you're not
my Achilles' heel:
you were
the arrow
that shot right
through it
YOU ARE READING
Albeit flawed,
PoetryI was basking under the sun-the waves muffle the sound of my breathing; and I bury myself with cautionary confidence in the sand and with it the memory of your four faces. How can something lethal be life-restorative?
seven
No,
you're not
my Achilles' heel:
you were
the arrow
that shot right
through it