Sunk into the lake

i woke up in the sand and saw the burning hills
of burial mounds, smell of children’s hair in flames
over the sunken horizon

i stood here in the ashes of broken cavities
almost beaming 
too hollow
to need
to be call greedy for crumbs

crumbs of twisted lies
a feast with hidden razors to sharpen my tongue, 

dried saliva hanging 
doe eyes ignite, sparkle dot inside a dead tunnel  
as i hold a never-ending grieving heart
pounding like mother beside my eardrums
ignoring the spirals from all the forever blind eyes

By Melissa Wu

Hai! I'm meli. A chronic daydreamer who loves romanticizing everything and collecting odd little interests. I run on tea, unfinished stories, and thoughts I never quite manage to put into words.

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