When you were a child

Nested in your throat

A tiny atom bomb

When you were a child

When you were still young

Dormant in your lungs

A booming caterwaul

When you were still young

War wounds grow

When you were in love

A vessel for the flood

A secret garden

When you were in love

War wounds watering a seed

Stick out your tongue

Give us a song

A gilded crown

Stick out your tongue

War wounds watering a seed in you

Cradling your grief