I have been bleeding for two weeks
I am shaky and pale from the pain
You have opened me up like a wound
split my skin and driven your heart to the bone

I have never hurt like this before
This ringing somewhere beneath my ribs
forgetting to breathe and crying in the shower

This constant nagging worry
this child at my side
says that I will be forgotten, left behind
he has destroyed me
emptied me of patience and hope

There is only love left now
a single beating heart in the silence
waiting for your reply

AcB 10.14.01