keep me safe

keep me safe from those who want to cut

keep me safe from those who want to cut me

keep me safe from those who want to cut me open

keep me safe from those who want to cut me open me and crawl inside
keep me safe from me

keep me safe from my own

keep me safe from my own hand

keep me safe from my own hand if it is me holding the knife

keep me safe from my own hand it it is me holding the knife
Daemond Arrindell is our Poet in Residence for August. Previously: Disbelief, Costume, Family Tree, and On the Subject of Transformation.