withdraw your hand
that one you insist upon extending
take it back
unto yourself
–
i shirk your proffered intimacy
fleeing towards
frigid wastes of
estrangement
–
tenuous ties
fraying
whilst the fibers fail
prelude to its plummeting mass
–
behold my broken shell
and hidden jelly lined interior
frail and enfeebled
bleeding out onto the walk
–
its much easier to die here
than take your hand