Bruisings

there are bruises
blossoming on my skin
and i press down on
them sometimes to
see if it will hurt

it does

and it feels good feels
like it’s only what i
deserve to feel those
bruises
reiterated over and
over endlessly coloured
black and blue

and they’ll fade
eventually into yellow
and then gone but
for a while i can
press down on them
and feel a hot pain

after all
it’s only what i
deserve