notdeermag
For You, Jessica Drake-Thomas
I opened my mouth
to birth moths
for you,
wings on my lips
for you,
exhaled for you,
dandelioned my desire
for you,
I hexed myself
blue
for you,
I possessed my body
for you,
like a demon
for you,
I twisted & contorted myself
for you,
consumed my own flesh
for you,
I vomited god
for you,
immured myself
for you,
in a basement floor
for you,
enshrined my corpse
for you,
like a jeweled saint
for you,
boiled my bones clean
for you,
choked on dust
for you,
walked the poison path
in pursuit
of you,
too many times
for you—
you’re not
honest or true,
despite all I’ve done,
do not
exist
for you.
Jessica Drake-Thomas is a poet & fiction-writer. She's the author of "Burials", a gothic horror poetry collection. She's a poetry editor at Coffin Bell Journal. She's a witchy-type who loves her magic like her coffee: dark, with sugar.