[today]Dec 17th, 2009 5:21:15 pm - Subscribe

lifelines:
veins on
the back of
a fallen leaf

lifelines
that reach
across my palm
lifelines -
veins beneath
the skin
of my wrists

lifelines
you throw me
from dry land
as I drown
you don't see
my wrists
are bound

lifelines
I used to tie
my hands
together
believing I'd
never go under

life -
the blood
that pulses
through
lines -
the veins
beneath
my skin

lines
you throw
to save my
life
as I
let go

lifelines:
veins on
the back of
a fallen leaf

which floats,
then drifts
into the deep.

[I am]sinking.