another human

today I cried
until
my guts unwound
and crept up
to the crook
of my mouth,
a sword
with two edges,
cutting through
everything
that was me,
bending over
backwards
to my navel,
nailing me,
choking me,
asking me to die
to the pain and joy
of this life,
this world,
and,
to feel it all
without words,
to be simply
another human.