Sweet God

Sweet God One

Inhale…
Then exhale…
Just don’t forget to breathe.
Suck it in…
Do you feel it?
Breathe it out…
Do you taste it?

Dry, cracked lips
Crumble into sweet dirt on her tongue.
Mud too thick to swallow
Cakes her mouth like clay.

Her lips burn like fire,
Turning her tongue to ash.
The embers scratch her throat
And burst to flames inside.

She breathes in the earth
And it smothers her throat
With broken lips and swollen tongue.

She breathes in the stars
And they burn inside her chest
With ashen throat and cinder-filled stomach.

She stands firm
And the ground disappears.
She looks at the sky
And the stars separate.

Words thicken into honey.
Sweet sugar melts her broken lips,
Softens her swollen tongue,
Soothes her shredded throat,
And cools her burning chest,

She inhales.
She exhales.
She opens the door.

Sweet God Two

She breathes in the stars
but they burn her tongue to ash.
The embers scratch her throat
and burst to flames in her chest.

She sighs out the earth
but it crumbles into sweet dirt on her tongue.
The mud, too thick to swallow,
cakes her mouth like clay.

Inhale…
Then exhale…
Just don’t forget to breathe.

She opens the door and steps through.
She stands firm
And the ground disappears.
She looks at the sky
And the stars separate.

Words thicken into honey.
Sweet sugar melts her broken lips,
Softens her swollen tongue,
Soothes her shredded throat,
And cools her burning chest
As she inhales in the sweet taste of
Love.