Paper Skin

The sky fell down this morning
Shattering to pieces on the sidewalk
I cut my finger on a fragment
Looking at my reflection in the filament
As it spun out of control
I never liked the way it looked
When blood mixed with rain
Diluting the color of the enemy
The color of my hate...the color of my soul
Somehow I knew that you'd be there
Waiting in the empty space
Where all time has stopped and breath
Holds itself in place
The stagnant air is priceless
Like peaches in the spring
And I am open to your wrath
The bruises taste like lust and rage
I wish it would pour again
Tear down these walls to the foundations
Open me up to the rampaging sky
Let me drown beneath you
Where I still can't catch my breath
Among the pieces of sky on the sidewalk
Like a rag doll in the choked gutter
Kiss me once...
You make it look so pretty
And my skin so paper thin peels easily