teenbellemag
Jul 28, 20201 min
Struck
in the face
by your soft hand.
The taste
of regret
on my tongue.
I crawl back
to the bed that
tore me apart.
Gathering kisses,
like bruises
on a playground.
Stones cracking
my spine
on the slide.
Worms crawling
up my throat
on the swing.
Sinking further
into
my bottomless grave.
Annelise Edwards-Daem will be starting her PhD in October at Nottingham Trent University, where she also received her MRes in English Literary Research and BA in English with Creative Writing. Her poetry has been published in the student magazine, Working Title, and Nottingham Poetry Exchange’s anthology, Voices.
Twitter: @annelise2828