ribbons

her wrists were made of ribbon
tied in knots behind her spine

bored of the laws of physics
she lost her patience in time

the pain was far too affluent
fraying red spits of fabric cried

but it was ephemeral pleasure
and left marks she couldn't hide

addiction seeped, animal instinct
relying on scars to get her through

but she hadn't accounted on the
collected frowns and concern that grew

she swore she'd bleed it all out
freshen her bones with something new

but awoken from her temporary high
too expeditiously to pretend to forget you

the ribbons became shreds of material
barely belonging to her mangled frame

she bit through the storm clouds
and cut through the cords again & again

but never could she stray too far
for her ankles held anchors too

bounded by wires under her flesh
too deep for her nails to cut through

so she bagged them up in plastic
and threw them out like buoys to the sea

floating by tides, pulled by moons
a broken skeleton is all she aspires to be