Wanting

Wanting

The physical pain comes first

before memory

before wanting

searing flame

consuming all image

imagined...

When it hurts 

inside

now 

wanting 

you

before you

pain 

without 

want

This wanting

is a different ache

throbbing

from the same place

Why is the womb filled with rot? 

Do you ever wonder

or simply believe 

what you are told? 

"You smell 

like the filth that you are."

Could you please

wrap your arms around me

even with this stench?

Shame is

asking

Shame is 

telling

Shame is

Still 

Here

Wanting...

Angela Minard 2016©

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