After winning July's heat I tied for first place with this poem for this month, which is an absolute honour 🥺 ✨Titled: Trauma Bonding✨ . . Slam - @ruckusslam . . Do that thing with your tongue you know I like. Not that one! The one where you tell me of your piety. The one where you cede an inviolable sanctuary. Where I'm a force that perhaps even inspires you. Let me strip for you. Not of my clothes. But of these walls that tower for everyone else. Here: Witness the engravings of mutilated histories hidden deep within these ivory spheres. Let's trade panic attacks. Naught else illicits so strong a reflex of bonding, surely. Imbibe me with your ardour. Embalm me with your adulation. Idolism does not live here. Do not propose some delicious dalliance that dares disaster. Instead, simply lie naked with me. Entwine your equally disfigured soul with mine. Behold my lips as they say 'I love you'. . . #poetry #poetryslam #poet #poetrycommunity #ruckus #ruckusbrisbane #womeninpoetry #womeninthearts #creativebrisbane #poetryofinstagram #poetsofinstagram #actor #actress #brisbaneactor #brisbanepoet #sydneyactor #sydneypoet #melbourneactor #melbournepoet #australianpoet