autobiography of a knife

Photo by Reza Hasannia on Unsplash

a sure contour
steel

solid

sharp
makes its mark

—
red

horizon

follows horizon

and weeps

—
a seam
split

teeth in flesh

—
I am a thing
you choose

to use

a fine gradient

—
tucked in hip
crest
against skin

potential

—
a body apart
a shining example

cleave and kill

or

spiritual surgery

—

choose carefully.