Fish Eyes by Nicole Barth [11/11/11]

The ethereal voice caresses my veins.
Steady drumming fuels
every teenage melodrama
echoing in my mind.

I’m so heavy, heavy in your arms.
The rhythm's frantic laughter pulls me in.
I was a heavy heart to carry, but you never let me down.

Freeze me in a shuttered moment of a camera’s lens.
Breathe unmistakable silence into me.
Lace your fingers with mine and
steady the mind that paces in abandoned corridors.

Painted eyes look for the seawater crashing within you.
Wash away the glass shards and layers of coal
that knot my stomach.

This will be my last confession.
I whisper but it’s no secret.
I was a heavy heart to carry, but you never let me down.

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