Cover me in kisses,
Like they’re tiny new tattoos
That tell a story worth telling,
On my back and between my thighs.
I want to lie in your smell,
Like a bed of smoke.
Break my skin,
Until you drain me dry,
Of everything killing me quicker than I should. Clench me tight,
I want to become the diamonds
You say live in my iris.
Convince me
My value doesn’t have an expiration date,
Fill my arms with a world
We can build around us.
Never say goodbye,
Even if we never meet again.
Hi! My name is Bert. I was born with Robert, but I prefer Bert My pronouns are they/them. I moved to Colorado a few years ago, and I work as a Severed Needs Para and an After School Leader for the Cherry Creek School District. I’ve been writing poetry since 2015 as a way to express my neurodivergent self. And in early September of this year, my first book of collected poems is being published which I thought would never happen, but here we are.
