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Rated: 13+ · Poetry · Dark · #1607201
Inspired by my best friend's break up.
Recovery


When battle shroud is lifted
cold light, misted like wisps
from fogged night, sifts
seeking scars to stitch;
wounds like lips,
both twisted in grimace
and pursed to kiss
a fetid, fate-insisted
Death
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