bracelets

self a shrine of its enslavement

monument of parallel runes carved

angry-pink as bleeding borealis

marred vessel adorned

with lavastone and glass sphere

sunlit trinkets

kneading soft-clay splints and spackle

sickness sleeps in cenotaph

dying held and seen, beset

and clothed by wildflower monolith

in homespun glory, unbecoming

mild and muted

fleshy and formless

galvanized gold and grateful

dawned devoted: here and now,

I am only you.