my lips continue to lie

i mean to say i fear i am dying,

but no,

you don't know what it meant

to bleed, lying across the beams.

bathing in the light.

i meant to say i am free(!)

of him, and you, and every

other man to hold me,

but this isn't true, i'm

stuck to the same old

bodies that i always was.

if ever i tried to let my hands 

pass through my body, i'm sure

i could fix the broken links.

but i can't, so

i fear i am dying.