Plumbing

[poetedge5455]

PLUMBING

Drip, drip
The faucet's leaking
Breaks the dream

Of bones and endings
penetrates
this cloak of grief

The water gathers
at the rusty elbow
Drip, drip.

The wound seeps
Let the scar grow thick

Impenetrable
As layers of earth and broken roots
Between mother and son

Drip, drip
Blue-green stains the porcelain
Marks the trail of descent

Eyes too keen
A lifetime of goodbyes
They beg to close

Drip, Drip

There is a shut off valve

but I would have to crawl out of the blankets

Drip drip

But I would have to walk barefoot in darkness

But I would have to reach for the light

Drip drip

But there is a mirror there

But I might see myself

drip, drip

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C and C please. :>