Stitched Lips

lightly choking, 

lovingly doted

stitched lips make the harder 

words come out softly spoken

you've sewn up my 

lips by a stitch and

treated me as I was 

your porcelain doll,

you've since backed away so 

that you wouldn't have to feel 

burdensome when you leave

me to break and alone I fall

Isn't it easier to feel too much 

instead of being numb to it all?

glossy coated, 

sugar smoking

I've heard that stitched 

lips make the tartness 

of these tragedies

taste candy coated

I heard a voice say, "The 

operation is complete."

I woke up in a daze, painfully 

swollen, and I couldn't breathe

you've since stitched 

up my broken wings

patched the wounds 

in my heartstrings

and called the surgery

a bloody success

no amount of sedatives 

will help me to forget, 

there's nothing strong enough in 

existence to cut through this thread

- Leah Rae