cement and honey

my heart fills up backwards

with cement and horseflies

no blood

no more

and i’m being eaten alive

once upon a morning i thought

i’d pray to god

your god, my god, his god, their god

i shout amen, so be it,

until my voice was all gone

but the night came

as it always does

i turned to stone once more

freezing, the holes in my soul

but then the holes fill with honey

smoother and sweeter than me

my heart fills up backwards

cement and honey

i think i will pray

to be eaten alive

but your hands

my hands

their hands

my heart lives floating

so lighthearted above the city

• Image Acknowledgement: piece by author
• AI Free Acknowledgement: This is my own work and has not been generated in whole or in part by AI