Weeping indigo
seeps across your skin
in needle-pricked ink. His anger
spills over the page;
he cannot hear your voice.
You try watercolour comfort.
I find blue in your words,
your bruised tongue lying peacefully.
Forget-me-not kiss
bleeding indigo into me.
You’ve stained your lips
on his open red heart.
Your fingernails scratch.
I want you to love me.
I want you to love me.
Your fingernails scratch
on his open red heart.
You’ve stained your lips
bleeding indigo into me,
“Forget me not.” Kiss
your bruised tongue, lying. Peacefully.
I find blue in your words –
you try watercolour comfort;
he cannot hear. Your voice
spills over the page
in needle-pricked ink. His anger
seeps across your skin,
Weeping indigo.
Lilian James-Gets is a young South African writer now living in South West England. She likes to explore taboo themes through fictional characters in real-life settings. She is currently writing her first novel, ‘Running on Empty’, about anorexia. Lili is 20 years old.