LIRIOPE

If the story's not finished it's
because you didn't write
it

Fragile goddess of infinite pain
you can write it with your
pleasure seeking

(that you wear as a loose garment
masking the innocence you refuse to
surrender

that corrupts you to the core, )

I understand your pain and fear of
exposure,
shocked into the distance one day so
long ago

The child you lost that day,
the one you forever cling to forgetting
the world is your
only real friend