Right now
Not when I wrote this
But when you’re hearing this
When you’re feeling this
My words tunnel into you
Pulling out gems
Of pain
Of past
Exposing your bones
I don’t stop
I break into them
Sucking on your marrow
It hurts
It’s the pain you’ve been waiting for
You flinch and ask for more
I gnaw and gnaw
Until we’re both bare and raw
I look into your eyes when we finish
That immovable moment
I want to stack them
So we can jump off
So we can let go
I crawl up inside you to fill the space
To help polish the pearl your holding onto
That pearl you’ve made from your filtered world
You’re waiting for the right time
The right opening
To open up
To give that shiny thing to the right one
Spit it out
Put it on
Take it with you
Make room for more
The future is unknown
But the heart is now