Wash Away
It is sugar
bled from melted lies
sickly sweet and dirty in the truth
It is pouring
so I’m running fast away
It touched me once
and coated me
Sealed me in a gluey grip
Stuck to me
and peeled my dreams
embalmed their bellies
and woke me sick
Weeks and weeks of washing clean
of shedding old
and growing virgin skin
All at risk now
One hapless moment
and I’ve stepped too close
Drizzled words
candy syrup
dyed and artificial
tentacle the quiet space
I now occupy
Wash away
with silence
Silence
Wash away
-kara