i woke last night at 2 am
breathing audibly
heart pounding inside me
it’s my beautifully wild little sister
she’s punctured somewhere far from me
bleeding hard and i can’t reach her
if you only knew how i love her
she wears her blue green and silver dresses tight and shimmery
filling the room at every crazy bluesy party she puts on
fast and fun until she rises from her couch late and scares the hell out of all her guests
i love the things she loves
her white flyers skimming
her black and white giants leaping
her vibrantly hued darters schooling
her long brown tresses waving
her radiant edges glowing
but now
in the night
i am angry and lonely over those who have attacked and left her there
she bleeds internally
fouling brown blood squirting into her clean pure blue
the goopy flopping things at the edges dying with her
my little sister if I could only reach you and hold you
i would heal you if I could
i’m punctured too
Thrive! 