Thursday, September 2, 2010

tangled

the twisty knots of my emotions
sit in a jumbled mess
lodged somewhere between my throat
and the pit of my stomach

the fine lines wrap tightly
around my heart
and inner organs

reminding me of sugi
caught on a coral head
or perhaps lost in the wind

pulled taut
then snapped back
kinked
and twisted

crumpled into a messy ball
and discarded into the bottom
of an old plastic bucket

laying there
buried
under lead, tackle,
and tiny remnants of dried bait

laying there
covered
in salt and grime

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