Egyptian Linen

by Beth - Scorpio

Echoes of her voice lie
imprinted,  in the chaos of creases
where your body once lay
entwined with hers.
a rhythmical gnashing
biting large unseemly wounds
into my 400 thread count heart.
The same heart you lie to
in the voice that calls me secretly by her name,
a whispered croon like splintered glass.

Her eyes matched the cornelian blue trim
that my hands had sewn with painstaking stitches
to the crisp white sheets,
a wedding present,
from your brother.
My hands tremble now
as I trace the Judas shadow across the blank expanse of fabric
taunting me with the countless hours 
of treachery they were silent witness to 
if walls can talk, then what of beds? 
A bedtime story with no happy ever after.

Her scent still lingers
integrating with my own
sandalwood and neroli
jasmine and passion flowers
a bouquet of your deceit
I have flung those sheets-
the canvas of your betrayal-
into a crumpled heap on the bare wood floors.
I have stomped and kicked
and still I scoop them up
remaking my bed with your stains
sleeping with demons and dogs.

I am bound to this torment
my pillow an anchor to my pain
awake or dreaming I still see your
bare back, the scars from my nails glowing neon pink between
the strands of her long black hair that trails over your shoulder
and I hate
I hate this embittered bile I vomit in black tirades
this diseased patchwork heart I struggle to hold on to.

Tomorrow, 




I’m buying new sheets.
Birth sign: Scorpio
Date created: 2005-04-19 02:25:46
Last updated: 2021-03-03 14:46:49
Poem ID: 70741

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