cherry red || white knight | Iris Yu

i want you to / BREAK MY BONES / it is 2 a.m. and my eyes are Dead Sea salt pools, swollen shut / SNAP THEM LIKE GLOWSTICKS / and i hope you know i would die for you. i hope you know i want you to / SAND MY SKELETON SINLESS / and turn me into a house. i hope you know it is / MY SKIN STRETCHED OVER YOUR ROOF / and i hope you know what i really want is maraschino cherries / WHEN IT RAINS / I WILL SWALLOW THE CLOUDS / maraschino cherries as in artificial sweetness / what i really want is artificial sweetness / what i really want is artificial / what i really want is / MUD DOWN MY THROAT / IF IT MAKES / you happy / what i want is you happy / WHEN IT POURS / I WILL DROWN IN THE TORRENT / and my waterlogged body will shapeshift into a house / it will gut itself empty / MY BONES ARE THE DOOR FRAME / empty enough for your baggage / MY HAIR IS THE WELCOME MAT / the first time i tried maraschino cherries i wanted to drink the red syrup / MY NAILS ARE THE WINDOW PANES / and die of hypertension / MY RIBS ARE THE STAIRS / or maybe of hyperglycemia. i wonder what it must be like to be bleached / I WILL BE YOUR SHELTER / then re-dyed as if / I WILL BE YOUR SHELTER / you weren’t enough before / I WILL BE YOUR SHELTER / LET ME BE YOUR SHELTER / i / LET ME SAVE YOU / love / IF I SAVE YOU / WILL YOU LOVE ME / ? / you / LET ME SAVE YOU/ LET ME SAVE YOU / LET ME SAVE YOU / LET ME / please love me.