Mister Teacher cultivates our shivers
Creating craved and necessary marks
He's a devil
His world's in peril
And I'm his precious little rock
Grass Stains
Prison chains
Bright sunshine
Hazel stares turn water to wine
Ink scratches stain paper and skin
Scrawled and torn until my hands bleed
He's infuriating
He's manipulating
And I'm everything he needs
Dirty knees
Apostrophes
A generous heart
But he's cursed with a skull of glass.
I launch myself across the lawn
and I don't want to see where I'm going
My mind's infected
My rage's resurrected
He shakes. He sees his ruby child glowing.
Whispered names
Secret candy canes
Doodles in my book
To decorate the wisdom he took.