red

Your naked body in the mirror 

a double-edged reflection 

re-flecting 

Two of you  

(Perhaps more the deeper I look) 

One high, one low 

One up and one down 

One protecting me 

With strong solid arms 

and one I had to run from 

Long, dark hallways in slow-mo 

One keeping me safe 

As I slept every night 

And one wielding a knife 

and slicing body, and my heart

 Warm blood oozes 

Squishy in my shoe 

red jelly clots 

on the dirty 

carpet

LVP

For Jim

August 2015