Sometimes I feel as if
I am pandering to savages,
sealing my soul and selling it
for an innocent kiss
or a quick fix.
And then I push and I shove,
and I make my way
to the front of the line
to buy it all back
from the wasted souls
who look an awful lot like me.
© Nicole Lyons 2017
That’s a fierce image.
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Reblogged this on cabbagesandkings524 and commented:
Nicole comes with a poem of taking something put up for sale off the table.
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Reblogged this on Whisper and the Roar and commented:
Nicole Lyons/The Lithium Chronicles
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