I am nothing like a scorpion
I am not inclined to be one
I am ill equipped for venom
It spills through my inner lining
It melts out into my organs
Bubbles up and quickly melts them
Out my mouth and many eyelids
Leaves me hollow - blood and brainless
Mistrust the stars for pointing fingers
Misprescribing me a stinger
Saying “toughen up and use it
You are a stark and brooding human
You are an overbearing lover
Passions fading when you've finished
Passions redirect your motives
Passions kill whoever is closest”
Uhh I trust
Trust in Trust
Trust that dumb luck finds me everything I've wanted
Trust, need by need,
Trust that I'll be babied up until I I lose my
Caregiver's care, then I'll trust, dear god, that someone else will find my
Dumb, love-hungry self, find me crouched
On beaches, king of all the creatures,
King of all the helpless me's
I am one to hide a thought from you
I am one to hide a thought from you,
In a jar, I’ll let it rot
No, I am one to hide a thought
Until I can learn to bring sex into my heart
Then I’ll let it go
Or so I’ve been taught
By a man that believes in stars
Uhh but I do not trust,
Trust his word,
Trust that my body's worthy of a pagan healing
Need, my needs,
Trust that my needs are any more than childish excess
Excess hope, excess dreams, dear god, that someone else will find my
Dumb, love-hungry self
Find me crouched
On beaches king of all the creatures
King of all the helpless me's
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