LOVE, AFFECTION.

I have known how to spell this words
On tongues of fire
And templates of flames;
I have learnt how to process them
From mere words into
Men of breath -
Walking are they amidst humans,
Planting torture & sorrow as seeds in their gardens.

I have known how to tell their tales
Under the full moon -
Painting their bodies into portraits to be kept in galleries.
I have learnt how to direct their paths into hearts -
Screwing them up like screws under a driver.

I have known these things
For in my tongues we're these words peeled off - forming a sour,
And on my heart we're they scribbled
With pieces of pebbles -
Piercing to & through;
These words has taken life off me,
Thus, clothing me with a lifeless breath.

I am Emmanuel
©2017