Death Lay Beside Me

And She Told Me

By Ariana GonBonPublished about a year ago • 1 min read

It was Death who lay beside me

while I contemplated

holding Her hand and saying

Let’s go

She turned to me gently

squeezing my fingers

until I could feel that my bones

would never touch

with my skin

and muscles

and tendons

and hair

growing in between

and not caring how I felt about it

Where She told me

Not yet

30yo bi Xicana. There's always more to write about, in more interesting ways than white men.

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