letting go
by ellipsis
Posted to Action Poetry on 2003-03-28 11:56:00
Parent message is 412901
i’ll cut the ties
around your throat
that rasp knotted symphony
through hollow speaker-box
it called my name.
i whisper across
the telephone wire
a few mixed signals
intertwined…
…braided crosshairs
poured down your throat
welcome that satiated
death rattle
you welcomed it too.
remember?
i’ll cut those ties anyway
because “i told you so”
but not until you learn to breathe.