THE BIRTHSTONE

WHERE ARE MY LEGS? THEN I SAW THE LEFT ONE HANGING AND THEN FALLING LET IT BE AT LEAST I HAVE THE RIGHT ONE I GUESS IT WAS ALSO GOING SOMEWHERE

THEN I SAW MY LEGS DEFORMED BUT STILL WITH TWO STONES WHAT COULD I BUILD

THEN MY BELLY BEGAN TO GROW AND WHEN THE TIME WAS RIGHT I GAVE BIRTH TO THE STONE THAT WAS YET TO BECOME THE FAMILY HOME THAT WAS CONSTANTLY CRYING

BUT AT NIGHT THE THORNS GROW INWARDS THIS BIG STONE PLANT THE FAMILY HOME DOESN'T BREATHE IT HOLDS BACK WHEN WE SLEEP IT PIERCES OUR FLESH NO WE DON'T SLEEP

THE SACRED LOVE THE BIG SHARP WARM STONE IN WHICH WE GREW UP THE TENDER VIOLENCE THE UNSPOKEN THE FAMILY HOME WHERE WE CRY AND INSTEAD OF TEARS NAILS FALL

THE TENDER MONSTER WITH THE STONE HEAD CAME TO MY SLEEP AND WITH HIS SHARP NAILS SUCKED ME BUT HIS HEART DIDN'T GROW IN THE LEAST WHERE DID ALL THAT BLOOD GO

IN SO MANY HOMES LONELINESS

AND WHEN YOU SAID I WAS SAFE KNIVES STABBED MY FLESH

THEN MY HEART BEGAN TO SWELL AGAIN UNTIL ALL THE BLOOD POOLED THERE AND THE REST OF MY BODY SHRANK UNTIL IT DISAPPEARED A STONE AND THE HEAD RESTING ON IT FULL OF BLOOD

THEN I DECIDED TO BECOME A HOME

THEN MY HAIR BEGAN TO GROW LONG BLACK SMOOTH SHINY HAIR THAT SPREAD OUT UNTIL IT COVERED ME COMPLETELY AND I STAYED STILL AND PROTECTED IN THE BLACK NEST THEN I ENTERED MY CHEST AND STOOD BESIDE MY HEART THEN I ENTERED MY HEART INTO THE NEW WARM RED STONE