Teeth

My skin crackes and the sun came in

It was as fragile as my lips

Shaken and shut

I needed staples in my hips

And I needed arms

But the open air was limbless

And my nervous breath was endless

If only it would stop

And I needed arms

But the open air was limbless

And my nervous breath was endless

If only it would stop

The neat snap of bone

It was hollowed by your stone

The hot crush of home

It was a subtle lapse your a heart a map

Of where your veins go

And I needed arms

But the open air was limbless

And my nervous breath was endless

If only it would stop

And I needed arms

But the open air was limbless

And my nervous breath was endless

If only it would stop

When your teeth collapsed you made me catch them

Blood in hands and on your halo

The heart was hatched in early hours

We moved to land and watched it grow old

Lock your teeth into me

Tangle up your spine

Nails in your quiver

I had aches in my jaw line

Lock your teeth into me

Tangle up your spine

Nails in your quiver

I had aches in my jaw line

In my jaw line