CHURI (KNIFE)

 

Eyes flashing

Tongue slashing

Consequences deadlier

Than a spurting artery

Metal blade

Placed correctly

Makes it better

To bleed out

Than to feel

The precise piercing

Of words

Recalled over the years…

 

© 2016 Clarissa Simmens (ViataMaja)

 

IMAGE: Churi (Kukri) creative commons