letter words

The same words are inside my head.
where else would they go,
in through the ears,
out with the blood?

no wind took them away from me,
no words of yours set them free.
captions of four,
five letter words,
circling my head.
carcass for the birds.

I'm still awake and pinching myself-
tearing away at these seams.
this skin I touch
not the truant in my dreams.

no kiss for me to sooth the burn
no wave of touch, a river to churn
pieces of me,
food for the birds.
fly out of hell,
four letter words.