after the fire
my hands tremble as i stand
invisible but not divisible
this room, you left me empty in
i won't call for you, anymore
i put words in your mouth
because yours don't come out
you love this silence
you use it like a punishment
you dish it
to keep me out
of your mind
i've lost mine
and i smile
because i hold my own truth
the last thing, i couldn't lose
and from this moment
i am free
i let the little foxes free
so they can roam and croon
in fields that bloom
with happiness, fleeting
i let go
i was fighting too fiercely
because it meant something
but it meant only to me
what it means to you
is not my monkey
not my voices
when i wanted to say
it's ok to be
angry
at me
deny me
in your history
that's ok
i did this to you
you say
the soft
the gentle
was always me
but caged and afraid
i went for you
snarling, as scared cats do
i forgive me
i forgive you
i forgive the world i wanted to see burn
because it took from me
and you
and i saw myself in the Colosseum
sweared by my hairs for you
because i thought
it was the right thing, to do
i was wrong, i've been so wrong
all along
so i say this gently
i want to make the bed
the way you did
with care and grace
as if it was a holy ritual
and every scoff
you heard from me
i remember saying
all of it
like hurt i made and gave
in a grave i will keep it
don't let them ceremonize it
i ask for nothing on the tombstone
leave it blank
for graffiti to say, i was here
you
didn't deserve it
when i became unnerved
and you tried to be kind
but i tested your patience
which you gave to me
in abundance
my apology is too late
i know
i'm on the road, always
i end writing to silence
letters into the wind
poems like amateur mist-y
tears
fears
i fear nothing now