TWO BECOME ONE
i want to give you something
to do with what you wish
i think it’s already yours
but you don’t know it yet
hold it gently
for if you drop it, it’ll shatter
i fear it’s already been cracked
one time too many
i can’t
she says
for propriety would have me give you mine in return
but it’s in no shape to relocate
i’ve mended my own
again and again
don’t you see?
it no longer belongs to me though
she clutches her chest
at the sight of the imperfect gift
red droplets paint the floor below
oozing from inadequate repairs
he reaches hesitantly
closing the distance between them
to gently peel back the layers
that so valiantly guard her heart
she watches in awe
as her memories fall to the floor
floating like innocent feathers
though they are heavy with pain
take mine
please i beg you
even if only for a moment
before you throw it away
she cradles it in both hands
as if jostling it in the slightest
could cause it to burst
it is her’s now
bandaids are not enough
my dear, my love
but i’ll close the gashes
i’ll sew up each one
he removes the soiled bandages
opening the wounds ignored for so long
and never completely healed
stitching them with sinews of his own
gently he lifts it from her gaping cavity
to slowly transfer it to his
their bloodied hands unite
as they fill her empty fissure together
his heart beats happily inside her
and her’s in him
they patch each other up
with promises and dreams
the water in a white porcelain tub
sparkling clear to swirled scarlet
as two bodies, now one
rids itself of the gore of the past
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