swoon

I have fallen under a swoon.  I no longer breathe air. I am under water and breathing fire.  There is magic flowing through my veins supplying my every atom with a flicker, a quiver.  The constant vibration passes through me and spreads outward whispering up the backs of strangers expelling a song that surges forth from the depths of their souls but only I can hear them singing. 

shhh, it’ll be our secret.

cracks

The broken lines of my body betray the words that drop from my lips.

I am strong I say.

I am good I say.

But the weight bears witness to the truth and all is not right with this world I inhabit. 

There are screams hidden inside my bones. 

They are seeping out of the growing fissures.

It will not be contained.

Ah love and the tricks it plays on a willful heart. 

Lessons not easily learned will never be forgotten. 

This I must believe.