just listen: the birds in the holly tree
speak in tongues. their voices
rise like smoke, like a sacrifice.
i wouldn't have known it either
had i never felt that hurt before.
i was alone in my bedroom, watching the night
pull down its shades, the colour of an old bruise.
it frightened me, how little i wanted
to live another day.
i could never feel this whole again.
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