October 20, 2010

IV

Blood on my hands
won't wash away
Palm pooled
I run my fingers
through hair untangled

Slow motion
Of present time
pulses in dehydrated
Rebellion
No intravenous speed

Slicked back
Congealed red
The crimson
Of my mistakes
Browning

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Very visual "IV" and emotional too, what an interesting poetry....well done also! =)) ~April

marousia said...

This has a great impact both visually and verbally - I really enjoyed reading it