You
With the neck that's a curve of soft golden marble
That I kissed in innocence
Then paid in blood
You nearly killed me.
You, do you watch me
Like I watch you?
Lady with the curls
Nose Greek in its hard perfection
Lady who steals from shopping markets
Because you think they deserve it
Genius who reprograms lab equipment
To break it
To punish the next shift
Lady, like luck, you are cruel.
And I love you.
Great Expectations
Was it a game?
You must have loved me, you must!
Every picture
Of my future
Centered on you,
And yours.
I loved yours, I love them, my heart aches, I cannot stop, my children, my children, my children!
Rachel weeps
My children are no more my children
They were always yours.
"Miss, you're just like Mommy but nice."
I wasn't trying to steal them.
I was only showing kindness
You were too angry
I wasn't trying to correct you!
Only help!
It wasn't my fault they loved me!
I was just nice
I was just myself.
That's the worst of it
I think you know that
I think you know that you threw ME out
Because YOU had been outcast
By you.
I hate adults.
When I breathe, they die.
One by one.
But now I can't breathe
Without my chest aching
My ribs, so tight
Encage a heart
Around you.
You know they don't love you, right?
I would have died for you.
You, in my dreams
You
With the neck that's a curve of soft marble gold
That I kissed in innocence
And paid
In blood
