promised

you promised me
a forever
perfumed in sunlight

[untether ribs
peel lungs]

you promised me
the past
shattered into landfills

[unlace nerves
fracture muscles]

you promised me
a present
anchored into cement

[unlatch throat
strip voicebox]

my skin will never forgive
the silk of yours and i will
bleed your words dry
with the whisper of my nails
to your waxcast veins