Never my bones

Does it eat you from the inside-out,

like a tiger with a never ending appetite?

The beast grins between blinks:

like the commercials for the shows we both never watched.

Your conscience knows,

as do your dreams.

And you've been wearing that mask for years now,

isn't it time for a change?

"This monster can eat my organs,

but never my bones,

never my bones."

You're a barren frame

dangling in a stark silence--

You've tossed your skeletons into the securest of closets

with a key long lost:

tossed to the wind

like the smiles of our youth,

and the dreams of our better selves.

You've tossed your skeletons in the securest of closets--

I catch glimpses of their bones in

the careful way 

you walk,

and the hushed way 

you breathe:

Your 

conscience 

knows,

but keep brandishing that movie in your mind.

Your script, 

it weeps

with deceit--

you smile between bites,

your script,

it weeps:

I feel the wince of your eyes.

"The monster can eat my organs,

but never my bones,

never my bones."

The beast bears its hungry teeth:

The foundation's crumbling,

time to get out!

The tiger's appetite has yet to slow,

the glutton must be 

getting uncomfortably full--

he'll eat your insides

until his burst:

and the cycle will start again--

The dying and the dead,

the lying and the living:

We're all merely bones now:

Paint us pictures to garnish 

where our souls once were.

You and I, we're a museum for the lost,

and a haven for the damned:

The foundation's crumbled,

but our masks remain untouched.

Reviews

[jumbie's #1 fan]

your writing is great! i love it. I randomly came across you and your name caught my eye because we have the same first name Julianna, except I get called Juli for short. Awesome poem though!

[T. Everts]

Why exactly aren't the bones being ate? We're left wondering this.

Ah yes... our masks... good metaphors in here.

[Lilly]

Vivid imagery in this poem. Written so well too,
Great work

[Alicia Schroeder]

Great imagery, a fantastic write. Awesome

[Hello, Goodbye]

the imagery.. oh the imagery.. such vivid words that make the meaning and feeling resplendent..

[Dream Weaver]

Nicely done Julianna, love the title..
A interesting concept here "Never my bones"
I enjoyed this write, but I must say bone's
are eaten by any carnivorous monster yes
bones are high in calcium and nutrients...lol

[JC]

You and I, we're a museum for the lost,
and a haven for the damned:
The foundation's crumbled,
but our masks remain untouched.

your writing is smart, biting, filled with raw metaphors and gripping, i was pulled in instantly, i honestly dont know what its about but theres so much in there to take from and find beautiful.