Symbols of 'US'

"Take this barbed wire, baby,
and adorn it and grind it upon your skin.
So no matter where you go or whom you meet,
and what you know or whom you defeat,
it will always and forever be,
etched in color for all to see,
and upon your heart, so deep within,
as a reminder of where you have been.
Show them all, that you were with me."




And once upon a time when we were first together,
you granted to me two very plain black bracelets,
and said it meant that I was something more
than just someone to play with.

But now you see that all the illusions of love
have since been unraveled.
And it seems that we can't meet halfway
becuase we cannot be bothered to travel.




So I slide them
down with
such despairing
pleasure,
down my arms
and to the floor
and I begin to measure,
whether or not,
they will fit,
over my feet.
And when they do
I slide them
through with rabid
vigor. Trying
desperate
to get them to
my ankles to
show you
that I have turned
them
upside down,
as a symbol of
emergency,
that I can no
longer care.




And now a little message to my
wrist bangle granting baby,
you don't understand just what it
means to love me,
such an endearing attempt,
but I can't take a maybe.