There's a lightbulb sprouting under my rib cage,
Hanging like an upside down potted plant.
And it's turned in, illuminating my stomach
Lighting the pigment of my skin into a yellow instead of blue undertone.
Crack!
In an instant it's shattered.
Your presence hits it like a baseball bat
The glass shattering into a million little fragments,
Falling into my stomach.
Creating knots
And in turn with them, lumps in my throat I simply cannot swallow.
But.
The sparks from the broken bulb light a fire inside my belly
And begins to consume me.
My whole being becomes engorged in this flame.
It laps at my heart,
It incases me as a whole.
And I was not made
To be put out.
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Poems for the Mad
PoesíaThe title says it all, just some different poems that go from my brain to you. (Cover not done by me, done by the amazing @LaurenDMSmith)