I have bled

and no doubt will bleed again,

the only thing I am unsure of

is the reason why

and the moment Time decrees when.

I have bled and stopped the pain,

I have laughed it off

for that is what civilisation decrees,

that life doesn’t mind you suffering,

it just doesn’t want to see you

remonstrate, crawl into the skin

or take refuge

in the beautiful bosom

of Death, it’s not very gentlemanly after all.

 

I have gently kissed her, her silken skin,