I Have Given

Given in

Given up.

Delivered

Inwardly purged

Startled and sprawling

Naked in the assumed position.

Gutted

Flushed grotesquely

From fin to tip to feet

Flailing skinless and sallow.

Cracked

Spilling regret

Seething and morbid

Crawling across your ego.

Blatantly scarred

Bent in surrender

Holding out empty hands

Punished from passing the platter.

Caressed by your indifference

Stranded at the peak of loneliness

Brandishing the copper shield of anger

Buying the entire load and traveling south.

Given in and given up

Stealing away with your regret slipped in my back pocket.