impostor
“a single rip is harder to bear than a hundred ones”
dust
swelling my heart,
swept over by careless promises
bitter shards of glass
orange peels, pits,
insincere moist handshakes
counterfeit vanilla hugs
an impostor’s hand now considers my headstone…
an impostor’s hand now uncovers my final resting place
dust
choking my heart,
buried by mounds of abandoned memories
bits of clay-
unformed
eroded
then quickly discarded-
backyard crumbs scattered for blackbirds
an impostor’s hand now carves my headstone…
an impostor’s hand now digs my final resting place
dust conquering my heart,
questions squelched
questions without end,
answers fabricated from habit
pledges broken
eyes flinched
tongue crooked, twisted,
breath superficial, transitory…
an impostor’s hand now plants my headstone…
an impostor’s hand triumphantly earths my final resting place
1/27/18