Disgraced

Awake at dusk
Suspended over barbed teeth
Tasteless tongues
Tear at the bay
Carving a grin

I try to scream
But my lungs cave in
Quivering lips
Form silent pleas

I am disgraced
You aren't erased

Struck a line
Scrawled their name
It's not the same
It's not the same

Awake at dawn
Interlaced limbs
The smell of smoke
And summer's air

Our lungs share
The first breath
And sigh
Our