my bones are chilly
and my eyes won't shut
the world is cold between my ribs
like icy knots from my jumbled soul
and all I want
is the only friend I need
the one I ache to fall asleep next to
like a little kid again
never feeling like it's enough
which, of course, is you.
-k.p.b.
february 11, 2016
thursday
12:25pm