bearing summer, bare
Updated: Mar 12
in dreams i stand
barefoot, soul bearing
bear the brief bittersweet
baring teeth, bare
back against the earth
bear its weight on my back –
(it’s) heaving, spitting
(i’m) drowning, living
the sun rises
it burns, i’ve
been burnt before but never burned like this:
body bare, barely breathing
my chest stings
i brace myself
watch the earth as
(it) catches, blazes
(we’re) dying, fading
in dreams i take my
first breath, last summer
take what is barely mine
bear the rest
the earth retches as i
sleep in
run down cracked concrete
the sky is alwa