Literature
Barely Summer
nothing feels like dying,
nothing feels like air
escaping from lungs
and not being replaced,
like a heart slowing
nothing.
i am only just sixteen
and i have made a mistake
so big
that i will never make one again,
the First of June is the tattoo
on my grave.
ripped skin and smudged eyeliner,
blood pouring from my body,
i lie twisted in ways limbs should not,
the ringing in my ears drowning out
the people mouthing questions.
what happened?
a bike lies feet away from me,
the evidence of my misadventure,
i remember flying through space
into darkness,
surrounded by stars -
or is that cars?
i should be with friends,
family,
instead i am circle