Garth Rakumakoe

Raw Emotion

Raw emotion

is windows without curtains

Raw emotion is raspy

and anguished

Raw emotion is painful

plaintive, sweet and sensitive

like a pierced nipple

 

Raw emotion is a craving

and a love stitched

behind a human collar

 

Raw emotion is a catch

a hook, a grip

and a firm rip that scatters

buttons on the floor