Summer Husbands

Soft bruising touches
Rushed through blood and worn all summer
Tell me — rest under my care
And carve out all my lovers names like soldiers
Etched into a wall right next to
All your lovers names remembered
Climb over these walls
Your lust won wars
Your heart beats like a husband
Salt washed through cuts
Forced from your hands
So we’ll remember
How to heal each other when we look on
All my wives and lovers
Next to all your lovers cast as husbands
All our miscarries and children
Climb over these walls
Your lust won wars
Your heart beats like a husband