Unborn

by AJ Burt

snow

            absented

               color

               sound

                        a taste, bitter in my mouth

                        a texture, frozen leeches crawling my spine

                        a dress, covering the grass

                        a pallid dress, covering stone

                        a damp dress, seeping black shoes

                        a tattered dress, covering you

howl

            echoed

               tar black

               mocking

                        a dirge, psalming scarlet

                        a jackal, nipping tiny legs

                        a siren, wailing into an unfeeling darkness

                        a woman, screaming into a callous night

granite

            worn

               pale grey

               mute

                        a nametag for the stranger

                        a nametag for the stranger

                        a nametag for the stranger

                        a                         blank tag

rain

            embodied

               salty

               pounding

                        a cloud, empathetic?

                        a set of eyes, ripped out?

 

 

a mother, a maiden, a murderer, a victim

"j'ai rêvé tellement fort de toi."

i have dreamt of you,

i have dreamt so strongly of you.