stevencudahy, 7 months ago

breathe as best you are able
swallow
here is the plastic cup of tepid water
the paper straw too soggy now

you're a bit shoogly for safe sipping
diamonds on the gown
on your skin
a tissue to drink them up

there are machines here
i don't have names for
inscrutable guardians
of what time has left of you

while inside you
years of bramble-bloom
overwhelms the flowers
slowly

#Poetry #Writing #MastoPrompt #vss365Today prompt - 25th October - bloom.