red

i need only
to look at this
petulant ocean
for a few moments
more that i may
tear down the moon
and the stars above
a stolen gift and shattered
dream thrown to the currents
and a pronouncement that at long
last i’ve found my legs again and you and yours
should find room for safety and concern for i won’t be sated
without the blood that is owed the fragments sealed and some mercy
that much you are indebted to me once and for all laid bare with no sorrow to sow
only silence