Similes
You are to me like what tears are to my eyes
Like heat is to my neck
Like sweat to my brow
Like weakness to my knees
You just can’t leave me the fuck alone
Why can’t you leave me alone?
What the fuck is so hard about that?
You are to me like weight is to my chest
Like teeth are to my nails
Like swirling is to my consciousness
Like silence is to my lips
Floating above myself and also grounding me to earth
Like ringing in my ears
Like pain in my hips
Like screams trapped in my lungs
Like bile gathered in my mouth
Isn’t that what a mother is supposed to be?