i.
opaque soul swaying
in the decaying sun
rorschach red
stains your hands,
cheeks, your chest
and you're finally,
finally smooth as silk.
ii.
but before blood dripped
from the tips
of jade tendrils,
your palm was pushed
inside out,
your fingers
cracked into forty,
and you were twenty-eight
going on midlife crisis
and your siren
was so pure.
iii.
you are a strange fruit
ripped from a branch
like a ripe apple
as your full mouth
widens for the dust
of an imploding sunset.
iv.
opaque soul swaying
in the decaying sun
rorschach red
stains your hands,
cheeks, your chest
and you're finally,
finally smooth as silk.