Mutilated and broken,
she has no face,
but holds her heart in her hands
so it is easier to give
and to pick up the pieces
after another explosion
of everything her tears are from.
And then there are the angry words
and liquidated iron in her mouth,
which spits out rosy thorns
and retches for the wretches
that watch with pure eyes,
which will no be plucked
like the diamonds of her soul,
turned back to coal;
black like the wounds they inflict
upon her.