Coal Spines

ribs.

My heart flutters inside its cage of bones. The sound is heavy, unsettling, echoing into my ears. It doesn't let me sleep, and yet, at the same time, it lulls me down to same. It is the anchor that keeps me in bay just before the storm, doesn't allow me to wander off into the deep, and it is the anchor that pulls me down into the depths of ocean.

I lay down, hug myself and count ribs with my fingers, dance across them like piano player skids across the keys and I decide - these glassy bones can take some more.

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I think one character will definitely be Belle, because I gained liking for the name.

Thank you for reading! It's an experiment, of sorts? _{I hope this will work out ahah.}