Stitch Me Up

by MoonxLauri

I spilled my guts to him and it seemed like he didn't care but perhaps I overwhelmed him with being too open?

I slit myself from the belly button up

My ribcage got in the way so I shattered it

You turn from staring out the window

To gaze with disinterest at my insides lying on the floor

Before leveling that same look at me

You said not a word

Yet you told me more than enough

For the first time in a long while

I was humiliated about being so open

I snatch up my heart that lies at your feet

And in my haste-OUCH!

Stab my heart on a fractured rib

Quickly, quickly I shove my liver and pancreas back in

I wring out my stomach that's full of nausea before throwing it in that jumbled place

I hopelessly knot up my intestines and cram the long pink rope inside

With arms wrapped around my torso and head bowed

I follow you down the stairs till we reach the point where we must part

To my surprise you turn and follow me out the way I go

Going out of your way to get to your car

And before we part

You stitch me up

Though the stitches are far apart from each other and clumsily made

The needle is sharp and quick

The thread doing it's job and holding me together

It's not that you don't care

But that you simply don't understand

And don't know what to say

I realize as I tug the stitching a bit tighter

An affectionate smile making it's home on my lips as I watch your form disappear around the corner