Saturday, December 30, 2006

oh, this old thing?

there she sits,
the loveliest creature
in the room.
those luscious lips
bloody red and swollen
from last night's argument.
her eyes are done up
in the most perfect purple-green
from his fists,
her cheeks a rosy pink
from his open palm.
this beautiful battered angel
whose tear-stained eyes call to me,
save me, help me
take me away.
little does she know
the beauty i find in her,
that heated passionate grace.
i would only do worse.

i love finding things from the way-back machine

2 comments:

wallycrawler said...

It hurts read'n it .

hannah said...

why thank you darlin'. that may be the best compliment i've ever had on poetry