my buttoned and beaded heart beats within my tightened chest
silk and card – pierced and forever stitching my memories together
daring defiance from my soft embrace – power enraptures those who dare to test my space
flowing forward, honour bound, each moment stamped on my soul
cash strapped, glass smashed, make a grab
red and glossy, like my desire
tempting in its simplicity
booming, beguiling
a keyboard of conundrums
secret pleasures and dirty possibilities
measured with each stroke
clinically packaged
each stoppered collection of hope
crushed and mixed and taken
or applied with
certainty sent from the mother country
without nurturing instincts
to be shared at a price
packaged without concern for
or reference to
ancient knowledge, wisdom or stories of success by healers far and wide
what powers are possessed by these connections?
awaiting a touch
caress
from humanity to
awaken and enliven
this cool blue plastic with shockingly bright beady eyes and
numbered grin