Read Me?

“Read Me?”

I was
an insect
he caught
in his net
He tripped
over a rock
stumbled
and fell
He came
up with
me on
the end
of his
fingertips
snapped

I’m trapped
in his
hands
Release me
to
fly solo
and free
I demand

Today
I’m the
fly in
his ointment
Mixed message
received
Rejection
on top
like a
cherry
uneaten
staring
right back
at me
from this
vision screen

Touch me
smell me
feel me
taste me
terrified him
from the
start
He won’t
recover
from me
yet wants
me back
in his
bed

I was
breakfast
lunch
and dinner
but
today
I’m the
fly in
in his
ointment
instead
Mixed message
received
Rejection
on top
like a
cherry
uneaten

I chew
it up
and
spit it
out
as if
it was
him
I swallow
the pit
No longer
trapped
in his
hands
I’m released
I fly
solo
and free
Read me?

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