metamorphosis

headlights
a dark night

blood spattered
he burned
so bright

"five months"
"should have
said something"
it's a slap in the face
you can hear the sound of
that trust falling out and it
stings

daylight
(can you see clearly now? i'll
show you again, look:)

"in me"
"you don't know"
did you ever think about it that way?
i bet you didn't and now
there's a guilt surging up your spine like the bones
surging up his spine and it
stings

are kerosene and a lighter ever the right thing to do?
but look at them, isn't that exactly what you wanted
to see

and when he used to say "not alone"
it meant something and his brother
would feel like he wasn't alone
but now it sounds thin enough
to be torn in half by the breath of a child

headlights
a dark night
it's been a long couple of days.
and it still stings
they're trying to open up their wounds
expose them to the air to let
them heal but by the time this thing is over
each of them is
hurting
a little more
than they were before.