an unrehearsed universe

Faultlines

Fracturing your soul
Poisoning it with my flesh

Beat the carefree devilry
Out of your swagger

Grinding away until you are
Pride bloodied and heart bruised
The arrogance
Bled from your smile

Cleaving you in twain
Leaving you
Wide open, naked, for the
Hungry world to feast on 

Shattering your world
Smashing the pieces into dust 


I am dreaming of vengeance
Needing you to suffer
That which I have suffered

I want you hemorrhaging
The self-respect 
You once stole from me


Drawn into your orbit
Against every rational inclination 

Every rotation a prayer
Every revolution a song

I know I should pay you back in kind
For sleepless nights and barren days

But I forget
How I hate you

When your grip turns solid

Shoving me into the wall
Against the stairs

Pushing me down on the table
Onto the bed

Pulling me out of the chair
Into your lap 

Thus you slip past my defenses
To rest inside me