The Blood & The Bones

pieces
this and them and those
scattered, collected
reborn, repurposed, removed
a collection
of all that was ever happy
or ever hurt
things that came and went
and things that never were
pinned haphazardly
overflowing
born down and guarded against me
and I might have let you help me
carry them
if only you had been free

the blood
& the bones