Statuesque

 

I feel like stone

made to look

like flesh and fabric

No fire in the bones

just the illusion of heat

within the look of softness

But I am hard

all the way through

and my only expression

is the dust that falls

from the cracks

that appear

daily and deeper

Without moving

I teeter on the brink

of disintegration

February 2, 2021

Image: statue by Raphael, used without permission, with no credit taken, no profit made, and no offense intended.