Piercing the Heart

It’s not the same now

stretched and faded

yet so indelibly there

I trace these outlines

with a finger and stare

I can’t help not wonder

just what did you feel

in that moment surreal

when you held up your 

breath and welcomed

a touch of death... 

to cut right thru the self

with stains dark ’n red

steeped underneath to

brand this raw flesh

like chattel belonging

to someone else...

some local magnet....

some distant past...

It only tickled you say

but I still wonder how?

What longing belies

the needle or knife

that you accepted

into your idol life... 

What was it missing

beneath the skin...

that you so wanted

to permanently

carve in?

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