sometimesihatemycat

There is a zipper
Down the center of me
I feel its teeth
Tug at my skin
But if I pull
From skull
To fragile
You see
I’ll have
To let
You
In

-me

Painting by Edvard Munch

~ by April on April 19, 2020.

Posted in Body, Identity, Loss, Love, Poetry, Writing
Tags: Avoidant, Closed, Empty, Fear, Guarded, Intimacy, Loss, Love, Open, Openness, Poetry, Untenable, vulnerability, Vulnerable, Zipper