~ on your hands never seem to heal ~

on your arms, in the mirror, on your footsoles, across your chest, through shoulderblades

they run. the ones under your eyelids stop you from sleeping sometimes

the ones on your tongue make your voice break in the middle of

a word - sometimes - that should be inborn instead of learnt

scarsick

she throws the burning books into the sea

come find the meaning of the word inside of me

to get rid of this disease:

look down. watch the scarred hand
see a hand

it's alright, the stars are all aligned

when i surrender
a hand of an angel over an ear
a hand of a human over an ear
create a world
anew

back, joining the river, being the river
meaning - the same as the flow
follow and surrender, cease
to be the rock, cease
to cut the stream
be
water