snake oil

Open eyes

Light starved

Bloodshot marked

Strain and red stain

I question our true voice

We speak with a forked tongue

Does it hum?

Your chest breaks

Ribs expand

Breath

In and out

And meditate baby

A heartbeat showcase 

Learning a love

Poverty and spirituality romanticized for profit

I took it

I looked you in the mouth, teeth, words

My minds eye became haze

Words of the forked tongue

I listened with stopped ears

Mouth moves slow

Speak with air

Can we find a truth amidst our hidden shame