to beg beneath

Kristiana Colón

My bones broke themselves
aching toward his hands
petulant for touch
Ribs ribboned out
pressed against flesh
ventured fracture
for want of fingers
Tendons braided themselves
anxious breaking
spasms straining
for caress of breath

Temple desperate
for genuflection
till columns crumble
colonnade returns
to marble dust
He will never touch me

Cords slicing
violent whip
toward surface of skin.

and it hurts.

Then
the jewel of night
shifts, spills
light refracted black.
Rising, he reaches
Un-fracture
back.
Detangle
mangled muscles
Ribcage re members
Bones moan hallelujah
Ankle arpeggio
Finger bed trace tercets
on fibula
Tendrils electric
web through me

Aorta exulted
pulse clavicle cavalcade
captivated capillary
Soundless rejoice
rages
Lightning veins ignited
Furnace-fired follicle

Face blazes through haze
Oil slick iris
Teeth terse promise
Onyx honest

I have seen his face before

Body breathes familiar
Vertebrae marimba
hums older winters
Soldered souls, Cairo gold
Sand cuts crystal
Hands touch ritual

Space deflates
Everything touched, changed.