3rd Degree

We went to the woods
and had a bonfire of words
burned it all to the ground
everything we’d built

Our scorched souls sent smoke
so high I’m surprised
we weren’t met with sirens 
from all the surrounding towns

It wasn’t until I woke
the next morning that the pain 
sunk in and I felt a shriek rise in me
that could rival a fox at midnight 

I want to pull the soft
music notes you’re playing out of the air
and throw them so the sharp
edges land in the walls 

all around you and maybe
just one would graze 
the soft flesh between
your arm and your chest

forcing you to look at me 
and drop this act like it’s all okay 
like this is any other day
but instead 

I did as I did all the other days 
and put on my pajamas
and sipped my coffee
with nothing left to say