The First Human Words

Apologies don't make good bandages,

they say.

I say

let's step on each other's shoulders

on our way to heaven.

You pull my hair.

I pull yours.

My nails like 

birthmarks

on your forearms.

Your name like shrapnel 

on my tongue.

And when we part ways

you'll say

"I'm not sorry".

I'll say

"Me neither".

And we'll let that hang

in the air

like gunpowder

before you ruin me.

And we'll let that sink

to the ground slowly

like salt

on boiling water

And we'll let that feel like

no brakes

on highland

And we'll let those be

the very first

human words. 

*Me and my bestie, Adrian from Words We Walk decided to write poems with the same last line. Check hers out here!