Lip Service

Crack
A smile
A joke
Red lips part
Skew teeth
Lipstick smudge
Like awkward blood
On your pointy tooth

Break
A grin
A heart
Thin lips twist
Venom drips
Teeth bite
Like locked doors
Hiding your dirty secret

Smash
A lie
A promise
Chapped lips smack
Tiny scars
Riddles unsolved
Like boulders crash
Through all my dreams

Sharon Paine June 2015