Wrapped Up (unfinished)

Wrapped up
Feel the water against my breasts
The wind against my back
The sun burn my skin
I wrap my fingers around
It stings
Draws blood
Creeps up my arms
Drawing back in horror
Scraping at my fingers trying to remove the pain
Knowing I shouldn’t have gone there
Regretting my curiosity

I ache between cotton and air
Salt drying on my temples

Staring at the stars
I sink into the cotton
Falling faster and faster
Wanting to disappear
The more I fall the more I can’t move
Water seeps into my brain

Memory envelopes me and I fall asleep

The colors in my brain are swirling
I feel the pain in my fingers
In my brain
In my heart
In my bones

Before

The beauty was intense
Colors brilliant
Textures calling to me
Rhythms wanting to meld with mine

After

The pain intense
Blood running hot
Ache seeping from my pores