Inked in Steel (By Cat Matchuk)
Push through this skin
and paint a picture.
Finger painting
with blood.
It was all a young girl knew.
Inked in Steel
Category: Poetry
Poems by the author.
Shattered Glass
Shattered Glass (By Cat Matchuk)
It itches and burns
to crack open and smell the blood, wasn’t the intention.
Growing raw against silk sheets, I couldn’t fix it.
One More
One More (By Cat Matchuk)
I am trapped in the soft prison
of my own flesh.
The wardens have wrapped my heart in wire.
Tied down by the demons
that hunt us.
I don’t mind being another taken,
one more.
I Wait
I Wait (By Cat Matchuk)
Sounds muffled, musicians play to the night.
Off the water and across the sand,
I sit and wait for you.
Uninvited Guest
Uninvited Guest (By Cat Matchuk)
There you were, frail and weak,
if I touched you, you were sure to fall apart.
I knew you were there, and I knew you were alive,
I could hear it from the beating of your heart.
Shadow
Shadow (By Cat Matchuk)
White wall, white paint,
it peels off with time.
Make a stage for the shadow puppets.
Afraid of the Dark
Afraid of the Dark (By Cat Matchuk)
Fear what you cannot see,
you never know what lurks in the dark.
Alive
Alive (By Cat Matchuk)
A heavy weight against the heart
can only slow the beating.
It does not stop, merely pulsing.
Weak, but alive.
Blame
Blame (By Cat Matchuk)
Day brought the shadows when it shone too bright,
created the darkness to dance with the light.
Blame the sun for burning,
fire on your skin,
and watch as the clouds abandon the sky.
Crumbled Dust
Crumbled Dust (By Cat Matchuk)
You see me, you see right through,
past the flesh and into the heart.
Awaking from a dream just to stumble across the broken concrete of buildings,
you wish to be dreaming again, it’s better.
