SHRAPNEL

Darcey-May Gage

It wasn’t just our bodies that touched
A touch that burned deep as fire
Fragments of you are lodged in my soul

It felt like a predetermined, cynical goal
Only time would expose you as a liar
It wasn’t just our bodies that touched

A heart, no longer yours, I clutched
Still it sings your name like a choir
Fragments of you are lodged in my soul

A love bomb went off, plunging a hole
In my centre, I burnt on a pyre
It wasn’t just our bodies that touched

Who knew an act of love could do so much?
It hurts more when it reveals it’s only desire
Fragments of you are lodged in my soul

Love is a drug and you its supplier
It’s a love I no longer want to require
It wasn’t just our bodies that touched
Fragments of you are lodged in my soul