Your fingers traced stars against the galaxies of my mouth and I forget to listen to the dark and the celestial.

One day, the door will be slammed one too many times and fall off its hinges.

Shiny friend
Please share
Your wisdom
Resting as you do
So far above
You must have
Some sagely words
For the likes of me
I'm sorry
I know of your vow
Never to speak
But is there another way
For you to teach.

once upon time
we burned women* alive
once upon a time
we enslaved one another
once upon a time
we would throw you
down a hole and pretend
you never were
once upon a time
the world was controlled
by a privileged few
once up wait
i'm sorry no
not once upon a time
still
we still do these things
we are just a bit
more surprised when
we hear about them.