The Blood & The Bones

I slowly peeled each finger back
as it gripped firmly into me
and each time
you reached for me once more
somehow I managed
to never let you get another grip
to never let you dig into me again
and I know this does not sound like much
but because I loved you
and because I love you still
removing you and them
and all the ones
who left their handprints on my bones
who would, if I’d let them
forever come and forever go
has been the hardest thing
I’ve ever done

the blood
& the bones