both of them.

In the waves
of the forbidden
lies truth
            courage
                       fear

In the mountains
of the all-knowing
lies the future
              desires
                        sins

In the depths
of the unknown
lies music
            melancholy
                         dark kisses
and
hatredlove

indifference
in the face
of our graces
everything left
open and bleeding and unmended
and it's okay
this squeezing of your chest
swollen arteries
and tissue paper love notes.

he finds his socks and
puts them
on his
hands
because they protect his beautifully man
-icured
nails that run
d
  o
    w
       n
your beautifully made up fa
ce
both of them

and the
for-all-unknown
is left behind
sobbing in wretched pieces
and no one left to care
for the concentrated
saturated
bled-dry
uterus