Showing posts with label Rare Poetry. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rare Poetry. Show all posts

Monday, February 22, 2010

Willpower by Moonlight

They rejoice and I wait,
the sky a warped purple canvas
in the spotlight of the moon.

That moon a puncture in heaven.
That puncture the size of a pill
between my finger and thumb.

The time when I was almost kidnapped, raped, and probably killed.

Just told my sister about this childhood incident from when I six years old. It was published as fiction, but it's entirely autobiograph...